The Hon’ble Supreme Court while pronouncing the verdict in the matter of Maratha quota observed that the reservation in public services is not the only way for the welfare of backward classes and the state should also consider other measures by which welfare of SEBC cab be brought in.
The Hon’ble five-judge bench of the Hon’ble supreme court comprising of Justices Ashok Bhushan, L Justice Nageswara Rao, Justice S Abdul Nazeer, Justice Hemant Gupta, and Justice S Ravindra stated that the 50% ceiling limit on the reservation that was framed by Mandal commission in the year 1979 was based on the principle of equality under Article 14 of the Indian Constitution and hence out rightly rejected to revisit the observation laid down in the Indira Sawhney case.
Additionally, an elaborated discussion on “wider possibilities” of affirmative action for backward classes has been put up in a separate judgment passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court Judge.
