The Maratha quota is an old and emotive issue in Maharashtra, which sends 48 MPs to Lok Sabha. Earlier attempts at reservation have failed judicial scrutiny. The quota is a crucial election issue.
Major Anuj Sood was martyred on May 2, 2020 while rescuing hostages from terrorist hideouts. The Maharashtra government said it could not decide on the matter as a “special case” under prevailing circumstances.
The HC was hearing a plea by Devika Rotawan, who was nine years old at the time of the 26/11 attack, was at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, along with her father and brother, on November 26, 2008.
The Ajit Pawar-led faction of the NCP had moved the court, claiming that since Speaker Rahul Narwekar had declared the Ajit Pawar faction to be the real NCP, he had to disqualify the MLAs from the Sharad Pawar faction.