Maratha Reservation News

The bench observed that the Maharashtra government had on 4 May said no regular appointments were being made at the moment given the pandemic

The Supreme Court did not stay the order of the Bombay high court which upheld the constitutional validity of the state government law giving quota in education and jobs to the Maratha communityThe court also said the state cannot implement the Maratha reservation, retrospectively

Defining economic backwardness, implementation by states among major challenges, say experts

The bill was passed by voice vote without any discussion, and will now go to the governor to be signed into a law

Maharashtra govt's social justice department tells the HC that the final report on providing reservation to the Maratha community would be submitted by 15 November

Maharashtra police gearing up to prevent violence during the Mumbai bandh called by Maratha organisations demanding reservations in jobs and education

The Maharashtra State Commission for Backward Classes will submit a report to the Bombay HC on the progress it has made so far and the time it will take to submit its final report to the state govt

It has become a quick and dirty fix for problems caused by the state's inability to deliver inclusive growth and good governance

The recent protests by the Marathas might have roots in the declining returns from farming across Maharashtra between 2006-07 and 2014-15

Sakal Maratha Samaj, umbrella organization of Marathas, says people have little cash in hand and it would not be proper to organize the protest in this situation