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Supreme Court declares Maratha quota law unconstitutional
May 9 , 2021
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- A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court unanimously declared a Maharashtra law which provides reservation benefits to the Maratha community as unconstitutional.
- This is because the particular community is taking the quota limit in the State in excess of 50%.
- The Supreme court also states that the separate reservation for the Maratha community violates Articles 14 (right to equality) and 21 (due process of law).
- The Supreme Court struck down the findings of the Justice N.G. Gaikwad Commission which led to the enactment of Maratha quota law.
- The court also set aside the Bombay High Court judgment which validated the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act of 2018.
- The High Court in June 2019, reduced the quantum of reservation for Marathas from the 16% recommended by the Gaikwad Commission to 12% in education and 13% in employment.
- The Supreme Court now concluded that even the reduced percentages of reservation granted by the High Court were ultra vires.
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