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Three of the five judges on the bench held that the 102nd amendment has taken away the power of states to decide on designating SEBCs and now only the President can take a decision. The other judges however maintained that states can also identify SEBCs and there would be two lists – central and state lists – of backward communities as has been the practice for the last 68 years. State governments have been expanding the list of SEBCs, the official jargon for “OBC status”, which entitles the recipient community to quota benefits. The SC verdict of May 5 meant states will be restrict...

Why the Maratha quota case in Supreme Court is about more than just the 50% limit to reservations Why the Maratha quota case in Supreme Court is about more than just the 50% limit to reservations At the heart of petitions challenging the Maratha quota is the federal question of whether states have the right to identify backward classes. A participant in a rally to demand quotas for the Maratha community. | Mridula Chari On March 26, a five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice Ashok Bhushan reserved orders in a batch of petitions challenging the qu...