 "Supreme Court on Maratha reservation: Apex court stays 2018 law granting community quotas in education, jobs")
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday stayed the implementation of 2018 Maharashtra law granting reservation to Marathas in education and jobs but made it clear that the status of those who have availed of the benefits will not be disturbed.
A three-judge bench headed by Justice LN Rao referred to a larger Constitution Bench, to be set up by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, the batch of pleas questioning the validity of the law granting reservation to Marathas in education and jobs.
The apex court said that status of those who have already taken benefits of the 2018 law shall not be disturbed.
The Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018 was enacted to grant reservation to people of Maratha community in Maharashtra in jobs and admissions.
The Bombay High Court, while upholding the law in June last year, had held that 16 per cent reservation was not justifiable and said that quota should not exceed 12 percent in employment and 13 percent in admissions.
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