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An opportunity for the Court to reconsider the 50 percent reservation ceiling of ‘Indra Sawhney’
The Bihar government has appealed the High Court’s decision striking down amendments providing 65 percent reservation for backward classes
31st Aug 2024
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Bhushan J’s Impact: The 50% Limit on Reservations, EWS and NEET
How will Bhushan J's Maratha Reservation opinion upholding the 50% limit on reservations impact ongoing cases?
27th Sep 2021
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Will the Maratha Reservation Judgment Prompt a Constitutional Amendment?
DESK BRIEF: States and the Union are disappointed with the Maratha Reservation verdict, will the Union amend the Constitution to reverse it?
7th Jul 2021
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Round 3 on Maratha Reservations
DESK BRIEF: The review petition filed challenging the Maratha Reservation verdict, which might lead to the third round of litigation.
8th Jun 2021
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Ambedkar and the Quantum of Reservation
A speech by Ambedkar in the Constituent Assembly on the quantum of reservation played a critical role in the Maharashtra Reservation case.
20th May 2021
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Maratha Reservations Struck Down: Judgment Matrix
Judgment breakdown: The 50% limit on reservation was unanimously affirmed. The 102nd Amendment took away States' power to recognise OBCs.
12th May 2021
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SCO Explains: Maratha Reservations (Part 1)
In this episode of SCO Explains, we look at first part of the Supreme Court's judgment in Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. Union of India.
31st Mar 2021
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EWS Reservation
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Janhit Abhiyan v Union of India
In a 3-2 majority, the Supreme Court upheld the 103rd Constitutional Amendment providing EWS reservation. With this, the Court extended the net of reservation benefits to include solely economic backwardness.
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Bench:U.U. Lalit CJI, Dinesh Maheshwari J, S.R. Bhat J, B.M. Trivedi J, J.B. Pardiwala J