Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil met a state government delegation in Beed on Saturday morning and said discussions would continue but Sunday was the ‘final day’ for the government.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Sunday said his government was committed to giving reservations in jobs and education to the Maratha community and urged the youth of the community not to take extreme steps like suicide
The recent protest seeking reservation for the Maratha community in Jalna district had gone violent with the Maharashtra Police lathi-charging the protesters. On Friday, the police lathi-charged the agitators allegedly pelted stones
Marathas brought under EWS quota
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Maharashtra govt. move follows SC’s quashing of reservation for community
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Previously, the government had decide that the SEBC i.e. Maratha community, could not take the advantage of the 10% EWS category as Maratha reservation was in force in the State. File Photo.
Maharashtra govt. move follows SC’s quashing of reservation for community
In a bid to extend relief to the Maratha community in the State, the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra on Monday extended benefits of reservation for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) to the Socially and Economically Backward Class (SEBC).
SC strikes down Maratha community reservation for exceeding 50 pc cap ANI | Updated: May 05, 2021 16:27 IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for the Maratha community brought in by the Maharashtra government in 2018, saying it exceeded the 50 per cent cap imposed earlier.
A five-judge Constitution Bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, L Nageswara Rao, S Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and Ravindra Bhat in its judgment said that that people from the Maratha community cannot be declared as educationally and socially backward community to bring them within the reserved category.