[Maratha Reservations] For how many generations will reservation continue? Supreme Court [FULL ACCOUNT]

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court is hearing the petitions challenging the validity of the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, which had extended a 16% reservation for the Maratha community.

The Court had earlier also decided to hear all States in the matter, after a question of whether the Indra Sawhney case should be reconsidered cropped up. This case puts s 50% cap on the reservation permissible for backward classes.

Attorney General KK Venugopal yesterday completed putting forward his views on the issue. Click here to read a live account of the arguments made yesterday (Day 4).

Final hearings in the matter had commenced on Monday. To read accounts of the hearings on Day 1 and Day 2 click here and here. To read Day 3 arguments, click here.

Live updates of the hearing today feature here.