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Bombay HC puts Maratha quota move on hold

| | Nov 14, 2014, at 11:32 pm
Mumbai, Nov 14 (IBNS): The Bombay High Court in an interim order on Friday has stayed the Maharashtra government's decision to grant 16 per cent reservation to Marathas in government jobs and educational institutions, by terming it "unconstitutional", media reported.
According to reports, the decision to award reservation to marathas was taken during the previous Congress-NCP regime in June this year to extend reservation meant for Other Backward Classes to Marathas.
 
Former journalist and activist Ketan Tirodkar, who challenged the order, argued that Marathas are not a caste but a linguistic group. He also said that Marathas are a dominant community, not a backward one. 
 
The petition also argued that the decision violated a Supreme Court order that had made it clear that reservations could not cross 50 per cent.
 
During hearing, the court agreed agreed that it is unconstitutional and stayed the order.
 
The court, though, allowed five per cent quota to Muslims only in educational institutions, not jobs.
 
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who took charge last week after the BJP won the state polls said that Government will move Supreme Court against the HC order.
#Bombay HC puts Maratha quota move on hold

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