Bombay High Court Forms Three-Judge Bench to Examine Validity of Maharashtra's 2024 Maratha Reservation Act

The Bombay High Court has formed a new three-judge bench to hear petitions concerning the Maratha reservation issue. 

These petitions challenge the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, 2024, which grants a 10% quota in education and public jobs. 

The new bench replaces the earlier one following the transfer of the then Chief Justice and will now examine the 2024 Act, which is based on the MSBCC report citing “exceptional circumstances” to exceed the 50% reservation cap set by the Supreme Court in the 1992 Indra Sawhney judgment.

The next hearing in the matter is expected soon, as NEET-related concerns remain pending.