Maratha quota: SC tells HC Chief Justice to form new bench to hear pleas swiftly
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court to constitute a new bench to hear pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the law providing Maratha reservation in an expeditious manner.
The pleas were not heard after the then Bombay HC Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya’s transfer as the CJ of Delhi HC in January this year.
Justice Upadhyaya was a part of a full or three-judge bench, which since April, last year, had been hearing the pleas against the Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) Act, 2024 that provided 10 per cent reservation in education and government jobs to Maratha community. The petitioners’ arguments had concluded on October 14, 2024.
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The 2024 law, which provided 10 per c...