NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has refused to re-examine its decision by which it had declared a Maharashtra law to grant reservation to Marathas unconstitutional, and said that there was no error in its 2021 verdict.
In a unanimous decision, a five-judge Constitution bench had on May 5, 2021 set aside the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act on various grounds, which include breaching of the 50% quota rule. It had held that the community is not socially and educationally backward to be eligible to be brought within the ambit of affirmative action. The state and other affected parties thereafter sought review of the verdict.
“Having carefully gone through the review petitions, the judgment under challenge and the papers annexed therewith, we are satisfied that there is no error apparent on the face of the record, warranting reconsideration of the judgment impugned…,” a bench of Justices M R Shah, Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, S Ravindra Bhat and V Ramasubramanian said in its order. The court rejected the plea of review petitioners for listing of their case in open court and passed the order in chamber.
In a unanimous decision, a five-judge Constitution bench had on May 5, 2021 set aside the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act on various grounds, which include breaching of the 50% quota rule. It had held that the community is not socially and educationally backward to be eligible to be brought within the ambit of affirmative action. The state and other affected parties thereafter sought review of the verdict.
“Having carefully gone through the review petitions, the judgment under challenge and the papers annexed therewith, we are satisfied that there is no error apparent on the face of the record, warranting reconsideration of the judgment impugned…,” a bench of Justices M R Shah, Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, S Ravindra Bhat and V Ramasubramanian said in its order. The court rejected the plea of review petitioners for listing of their case in open court and passed the order in chamber.
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Govt is committed to giving reservation to Maratha community: Maha CM Eknath Shinde
Maharashtra’s curative petition
The Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra held an urgent meeting on the issue on Friday and said it would file a curative petition in the apex court, reports Priyanka Kakodkar. The state government also announced it would set up another commission to conduct a detailed survey to prove the social and educational backwardness of the community. CM Shinde said “We are firmly with the Maratha community and we will try and undertake foolproof measures to restore the quota.”
