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Posted 21 Feb 2024

Updated 21 Mar 2024

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  • Bill seeks to provide reservation to Maratha community in educational institutions and government jobs, based on a comprehensive survey report submitted by Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission.
  • Previously in 2021, Supreme Court struck down a similar Act that sought to provide reservation to Maratha Community in educational institutions and State public services, with following observations:
    • No extraordinary circumstances were made out in granting separate reservation to Maratha Community by exceeding the 50% ceiling limit of reservation.
      • 9-judge Bench of the Supreme Court in Indira Sawhney Case (1992) set a ceiling of 50% on reservations under Article 16(4).
      • Article 16(4) enables the State to make provisions in favor of backward classes of citizens in public employment.
    • Exceeding ceiling limit without there being any exceptional circumstances clearly violates Article 14 and 16.
    • Changing 50% limit is to have a society which is not founded on equality but on caste rule.
    • Court also held that criteria for reservation under Article 16(4) should not be proportionate representation but adequate representation.

 

  • Concerns related to the bill 
    • Boost to ‘Sons-of-the-soil’ movement promoting regionalism, rise of similar demands from other communities affecting social cohesion, etc.
  • Tags :
  • Reservation to Maratha
  • Indira Sawhney Case
  • Article 16(4)
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