Marathas

Supreme Court on Maratha reservation: Apex court stays 2018 law granting community quotas in education, jobs

The bench referred the pleas questioning the law's validity to a larger Constitution Bench to be set up by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde

President's Rule in Maharashtra: If governments cannot be changed through elections, democracy stands diminished

The use of President's Rule to keep opposition parties out of power was a favoured tactic in the country during the rule of Indira Gandhi, when the Congress was a behemoth of the sort that the BJP is now becoming. If every election leads to the rule of the same party and largely the same few individuals, it is not very different from the one-party rule of China.

Maharashtra Assembly elections: BJP banks on Modi's appeal, but faces challenge of farm distress, quota demands

The Maharashtra Assembly election will test whether the BJP still retains the momentum that it had during the Lok Sabha battle

Maratha activists threaten state-wide protests on 9 August if Maharashtra govt fails to fulfil demand to withdraw cases against protesters

The Maratha Kranti Morcha (MKM) has warned that it would hold a state-wide protest on 9 August if the Maharashtra government fails to fulfil the community's various demands.

Reservations for Marathas: Devendra Fadnavis is fooling nobody when he mouths platitudes of social justice

With the Bombay High Court upholding reservations for Marathas, the madness over caste reservations in India has just got madder.

SC seeks response from Maharashtra govt on plea against Maratha reservation; court to hear petition on 24 June

SC sought response from the Maharashtra government on a plea challenging an order of the Bombay High Court dismissing a petition against Maratha reservation in PG medical and dental courses. The bench said the petitioners had earlier approached the apex court and were asked to move the high court for the relief. Petitioner Sameer challenged the Bombay High Court order of 13 June.

The many reservations about the 'upper caste' quota

Regional outfits favour expansion of the reservation pool because they view quota as a battle for hegemony between elite and non-elite social groups.

Marathas and Kunbis not separate castes, both should be under OBC: Maharashtra Backward Class panel report

The Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission in its report has said that Marathas and Kunbis are one and the same community. As the Kunbis are already included in the Other Backward Class (OBC), the Marathas too should have been categorised as a Backward Class long ago, it said.

Bhima Koregaon battle commemoration passes peacefully year after violence at event; 8-10 lakh people attend

A year after caste clashes marred the event to celebrate the anniversary of the Koregaon Bhima battle, eight to 10 lakh people paid tributes amidst a heavy police presence at the memorial here, which has come to be known as a symbol of Dalit pride.

Bhima Koregaon anniversary: One year after violence at event, security stepped up as hundreds of Dalits converge at war memorial

Thousands of people, mainly Dalits, Tuesday flocked the 'Jay Stambh' memorial in Maharashtra's Pune district to pay tributes on the 201st anniversary of the Koregaon Bhima battle amidst heavy police presence.