Court stays Maratha quota, sends plea to Statute Bench - The Hindu - 10-09-2020

A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court has referred a group of petitions challenging the Maratha reservation law to a Constitution Bench. Chief Justice S.A. Bobde will constitute the Bench.

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The petitioners 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.
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.