New Delhi: The Supreme Court will today hear a plea alleging that petitions challenging the Maharashtra Government's decision to grant 16 percent quota to Marathas in jobs and education in the state were still pending adjudication.
The top court, while disposing off an appeal against the order, had earlier asked the Bombay High Court to expeditiously decide the issue.
The Bombay High Court, in an interim order, had stayed the decision after faulting the data used by the state to back its assertion that the Maratha community was backward.
The Bombay High Court, however, had not disturbed a similar benefit for the backward Muslims in state-owned or aided educational institutions.
The top court, while disposing off an appeal against the order, had earlier asked the Bombay High Court to expeditiously decide the issue.
The Bombay High Court, in an interim order, had stayed the decision after faulting the data used by the state to back its assertion that the Maratha community was backward.
The Bombay High Court, however, had not disturbed a similar benefit for the backward Muslims in state-owned or aided educational institutions.
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