'No Extraordinary Circumstances To Exceed 50 Per Cent Ceiling Limit': SC Strikes Down Maratha Reservation Law
'No Extraordinary Circumstances To Exceed 50 Per Cent Ceiling Limit': SC Strikes Down Maratha Reservation Law by Swarajya Staff - May 5, 2021 06:01 AM Supreme Court of India (Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) The Supreme Court on Wednesday (5 May) struck down the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018 which extends reservation to the Maratha community in public education and employment. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan pronounced the verdict, which was reserved on 26 March. The Constitution bench...