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Setback to Maratha community, SC strikes down Maharashtra law granting quota in admissions and government jobs Mirror Online / Updated: May 5, 2021, 11:19 IST Supreme Court. The apex court also made it clear in its judgment that people from the Maratha community cannot be declared as educationally and socially backward community to bring them within the reserved category. In a setback to the Maratha community, the Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Maratha reservation in jobs and A verd...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the Maharashtra law granting reservation in jobs and admissions to Maratha community. The top court said it did not find any exceptional circumstance to justify exceeding the 50 per cent cap set by Indra Sawhney judgment.

The M.G. Gaikwad commission report submitted in 2018 concluded that the community had lost its self-esteem, which could be remedied by giving them reservation under the Socially and Economically Backward Classes category.

URL copied Supreme Court strikes down Maratha reservation Maratha Reservation Case: The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the Bombay High Court order and stuck down the reservation to Marathas in government jobs and admissions in Maharashtra. The verdict was pronounced by a five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan. The court held that there were no exceptional circumstances justifying the grant of reservation to Marathas in excess of 50% ceiling limit as a Soci...

Maratha Quota Case: SC Declares Reservation Over 50% as Unconstitutional The judgment by the constitution bench in the Maratha reservation matter is likely to clear many cobwebs. Supreme Court. Photo: PTI Law9 hours ago New Delhi: A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday has held that reservations in excess of the 50% ceiling limit are unconstitutional. The bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, L. Nageswara Rao, S. Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat stru...

SC decision on Maratha quota unfortunate, says Uddhav as verbal volleys start in Maharashtra In a statement after the apex court verdict, Thackeray said, "With folded hands, we request the prime minister and the president to take an immediate decision on Maratha quota." Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By PTI MUMBAI: Terming the Supreme Courts decision to strike down the Maharashtra law granting quota to Marathas in admissions and government jobs as unfortunate, Chief Minister Uddhav Thack...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, by a majority 3:2, on Wednesday held the 102nd Constitutional amendment, which also led to setting up of National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC), took away states power to identify socially and educationally backward classes under their territory for grant of quota in jobs and admissions. The 102nd Constitution amendment Act of 2018 inserted Articles 338B, which deals with the structure, duties and powers of the NCBC, and 342A which deals with power of the...

Supreme Court Decision On Maratha Quota "Unfortunate": Uddhav Thackeray "With folded hands, we request the prime minister and the president to take an immediate decision on Maratha quota," Uddhav Thackeray said. Updated: May 05, 2021 2:36 pm IST The top court has scrapped a decision taken by all parties in the state legislature, he said. (File) Mumbai: Terming the Supreme Courts decision to strike down the Maharashtra law granting quota to Marathas in admissions and government jobs as unfo...

Supreme Court strikes down Maratha community reservation for exceeding 50% cap The court in its judgment said that there was no valid ground to breach 50 per cent reservation while granting Maratha reservation. Share Updated: May 5, 2021, 04:58 PM IST The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for the Maratha community, saying it exceeded the 50 per cent cap imposed earlier. The reservation was brought in by the Maharashtra governm...

: Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 11:34 PM IST Show same urgency as you did on Article 370: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray to Centre on Maratha reservation File Image Mumbai: The Supreme Court’s order cancelling the reservation in education and government jobs for the Maratha community was unfortunate and the news had come at a time when the Maharashtra Government is engrossed in combating the coronavirus, said Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. The apex court order was unwelcome, he said, adding ...