MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Tuesday gave the state two weeks to file a reply on the issue of interim relief in pleas before it seeks a stay of the ne.
An explainer on the nearly decade-year-old case that was recently disposed of by the SC even as the Maha govt asked the top court to reconsider its verdict | Mumbai news
The Bombay High Court while hearing a plea challenging the 2 per cent reservation to the Koli community along with four other castes, sought to know if there was any "quantifiable data" to substantiate that these communities are socially backward.
Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on pleas challenging Maratha quota on May 5
The Bench had also reserved the judgement on the issue whether top court s 1992 verdict for capping reservation at 50 per cent needs re-examination.
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India will pronounce its judgement on May 5 on petitions challenging the constitutional validity of a Maharashtra law that grants reservation to the Maratha community in education and jobs.
A five-judge Constitution Bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, L Nageswara Rao, S Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and Ravindra Bhat will pronounce the verdict on Tuesday at 10.30 am.