The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear a plea seeking direction to the Centre and IITs to follow the reservation policies in admission in research degree programmes and recruitment of faculty members.

A bench of Justices L N Rao, B R Gavai and B V Nagarathna said it is issuing notices to the Centre and all the IITs on the plea for prayer A which is related to following of reservation policies in admission to research programmes and recruitment of faculty members.