SC refused to stay Maratha reservation

Supreme Court has refused today to stay Maratha reservation, however, the court said, 'we will hear the appeal for quashing of reservation for Maratha for admission in the educational institution and government jobs'. 

Supreme Court also said that the Maharashtra state government's decision to grant reservation to Maratha people and Bombay High Court's verdict upholding its decision, cannot be implemented with retrospective effect from 2014. 

The Supreme Court has sought the response of Maharashtra government on a plea challenging the Bombay High Court's decision to uphold the law by which the Maratha community would get a reservation in admissions and government jobs in Maharashtra. 

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plea was filed in the apex court by Sanjeet Shukla, a representative of an NGO. The plea said the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, which provided a 12 per cent and a 13 per cent quota to the Maratha community in education and jobs respectively, breached the 50 per cent ceiling on reservation fixed by the apex court in its landmark judgment in the Indira Sahwney case, also known as the "Mandal verdict".  

The Maharashtra government had also filed a caveat in the top court anticipating challenge to the verdict passed by the high court, saying no ex-parte order should be passed on any plea challenging the June 27 judgment of the high court without hearing the state.