

In this four-part series of SCO Explains, we look at the hearings and the arguments in the Maratha Reservations case and place them in context.

In doing so, it affirmed the 50% rule and held that States no longer have the power to identify socially and educationally backward classes after the 102nd Amendment Act, 2018. The Supreme Court read down the provision granting reservations for Marathas on 5th May 2021. The other parts look at the rationale and the development of the 50% limit on reservations, the arguments on the limit in the case itself and the interpretation of the 102nd Amendment. This is the first of a 4-part series on the Maratha Reservations Hearings, (recorded in April prior to the pronouncement of the judgment). SCO Explains Maratha Reservations Litigation History (1/4).
