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Topic: Maratha quota

‘Why not promote education?’ — SC says affirmative action is not just reservation

The Supreme Court bench, hearing the Maratha quota case, said states should establish institutes more for the upliftment of socially and educationally backward classes.

Maharashtra says it wasn’t fully heard in Maratha quota case, SC calls claim ‘unfair’

Last month, the Supreme Court had stayed the implementation of the 2018 Maharashtra law granting reservation to Marathas in education and jobs.

Maharashtra govt files plea in Supreme Court over Maratha quota stay order

The state govt's move to file a plea before a larger bench of the Supreme Court comes amid protests by various pro-quota Maratha bodies.

Maharashtra govt says will keep aside 13% posts for Marathas during police recruitment

The announcement by Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh comes amid Supreme Court's recent interim order staying implementation of the state law granting reservation to the Marathas.

SC stayed Maratha reservation but Maharashtra govt can still find a way. Here’s how

More than a century after Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj introduced caste-based quota in Kolhapur, the Maratha community in Maharashtra is fighting a legal battle to save reservation.

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Fadnavis & BJP win significant battle as Bombay High Court clears Maratha quota

BJP-Shiv Sena govt's legislation to introduce a Maratha quota was able to withstand the court's scrutiny, unlike the Congress-NCP govt's earlier ordinance.

Maratha quota in education & govt jobs upheld, but Bombay High Court recommends a cut

The Bombay High Court recommended reducing the Maratha quota from 16% to 12-13%. The reservation will be in addition to the existing 52% overall reservation in the state.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.