Supreme Court on Maratha reservation today: Interim order on petitions challenging quota on 15 July
FirstpostSupreme Court on Maratha reservation today | Petitioners argue that HC decision is incorrect as the State law has breached the 50% cap on reservation fixed by a Constitution Bench in the Indira Sawhney judgment. The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear and pass interim orders on petitioners challenging Maratha reservation next Wednesday, on 15 July, reports have said _._ The Supreme Court bench, led by Justice L Nageswara Rao, initially had said that the court will hear the pleas on a “day-to-day basis” from next month but later relented to lawyers’ apprehensions that a virtual court hearing will not be able to encompass the complicated matter at hand. — Bar & Bench July 7, 2020 The petitioners were challenging the Bombay High Court’s decision to uphold the law by which the Maratha community would get reservation in education and jobs in Maharashtra. The plea said the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, which provided a 12 percent and a 13 percent quota to the Maratha community in education and jobs respectively, breached the 50 percent ceiling on reservation fixed by the apex court in its landmark judgment in the Indira Sawhney case, also known as the “Mandal verdict”.