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 verdict was given by the five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan.
The bench was hearing appeals challenging the Bombay High Court order that upheld reservations to Marathas in jobs and education under Maharashtra Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018.