In separate letters to Chief Minister Udhav Thackeray, Finance Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat, developers body CREDAI MCHI has requested the government to reintroduce the waiver by reducing stamp duty charges to 2% in Mumbai given the impact of second wave of Covid19 pandemic.
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The Supreme Court struck down reservations for the Maratha community in education and jobs exceeding 50 per cent
The top court in its judgment said that there was no valid ground to breach 50 per cent reservation while granting Maratha reservation in the state
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 5) struck down reservations for the Maratha community in education and jobs exceeding 50 per cent. The apex court in its judgment said that there was no valid ground to breach 50 per cent reservation while granting Maratha reservation in the state.
The Supreme Court s five-judge Constitution bench also made it clear that people from the Maratha community cannot be declared as educationally and socially backward community to bring them within the reserved category. The five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan also comprised Justices L Nageswara Rao, S Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta, and S Ravindra Bhat.