SC to hear plea against Maratha quota in July
New Delhi: The
Supreme Court
will take up a plea seeking stay on the
Maratha quota
law in July. A plea has been filed in the top Court challenging the
Bombay High Court
's interim order, which refused to stay the Maratha quota law and allowed the community to provisionally avail the
10% reservation
, subject to the result of the petitions challenging it.
A division bench comprising Justices KV Viswanathan and NK Singh Thursday allowed the listing of the plea on the week commencing July 14 (when the Supreme Court reopens after summer break). The plea was mentioned by a lawyer seeking urgent listing of the matter.
The counsel argued that the Bombay High Court refused to stay the Maratha reservation and allowed its operation on a provisional basis.
A three-judge bench of the High Court passed the order on June 11 allowing the Maratha community to avail 10% reservation in education and employment, subject to the final outcome of the petitions challenging the 2024 Maratha quota law. The High Court also proposed to hold special Saturday sittings to hear the challenge, pursuant to a Supreme Court direction to decide the matter expeditiously.
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