Vakil Help Desk News: the Bombay High Court has declined a request for day-to-day hearings in the challenge to the Maharashtra Maratha reservation law, noting the matter is already being heard at regular, fixed intervals.
Vakil Help Desk News, Litigation & Courts. The Bombay High Court has declined to hold day-to-day hearings in the batch of petitions concerning the Maharashtra law that provides a 10% Maratha reservation, noting that the matter is already being heard regularly, with fixed sittings and priority. A full bench of Justice Makarand Karnik, Justice Nijamoodin Jamadar and Justice Sandeep Marne is hearing the case, titled Bhausaheb Bhujangrao Pawar v. State of Maharashtra.
The petitions — some challenging and some defending the quota — question the validity of the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, 2024. The Court recorded that the matter had passed through several benches and that the present bench had already heard it on multiple occasions.
Declining the request for continuous hearings, the Court indicated that the case would continue to be heard at regular intervals, with the next date fixed later in November.
What this means for you
The Maratha reservation challenge continues before the Bombay High Court on a regular hearing schedule rather than a continuous day-to-day basis.