The Special Bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday (June 11, 2025) said it would hear afresh the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2024, which grants 10% reservation to the Maratha community in education, and in government jobs in the State, from July 18.
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The full Bench comprising Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge, Justice N. J. Jamadar, and Justice Sandeep Marne said it would continue hearings even on alternate Saturdays, which are usually court holidays, to hear the final arguments in the case.
Bombay HC constitutes new Bench to hear Maratha reservation petitions
The Supreme Court on May 14 directed the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court to urgently constitute a new Full Bench to hear the petitions against the Maratha reservation. The court issued the direction while hearing a writ petition filed by National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2025 aspirants, who have challenged the implementation of the 10% Maratha quota citing academic urgency and disruption in the admission process.
