SC Stays Granting Reservation to Marathas in Education & Jobs

admin September 10, 2020 Daily Current Affairs

A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court referred a group of petitions challenging the Maratha reservation law to a Constitution Bench.
The court said the Maratha quota, meanwhile, will not apply for admissions and appointments made in the State for 2020-21.
However, the postgraduate admissions which have already been made will be left unaltered.
The three-judge Bench led by Justice Rao had reserved orders on pleas to refer the case to a larger Bench.
Some of the senior lawyers had even sought the formation of an 11-judge Bench to re-consider the judicial law of 50% cap on reservations in appointments and admissions.
The appeals challenging the Maratha quota law contend that the statute provides 12 to 13% quota for the community in Maharashtra.
This has breached the 50% cap declared by a nine-judge Bench of the apex court in 1992.
Lawyers had submitted that the court should take into consideration recent developments like the 10% quota for economically weaker sections introduced through the 103rd Constitutional Amendment.
They said the Act overstepped the constitutional limitations contained in the 102nd Amendment to the Constitution.
The Amendment said reservation can be granted only if a particular community is named in the Presidential list.