The Supreme Court will, in all likelihood, resume physical hearing of cases in a limited manner from March 2021. .This was stated in open Court by a Constitution Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan hearing the case relating to Maratha Reservation. .Considering the fact that physical hearing might commence by March, the Court fixed the Marahta reservation for final hearing from March 8. ."The hearing in this matter will begin on March 8. We propose to complete the hearing by March 18," the Bench which also comprised Justices L Nageswara Rao, S Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and Ravindra Bhat said..Even if physical hearing does not start by March 8, the Maratha Reservation case will be heard from that date via virtual mode, the Bench made it clear. .The petitioners have challenged the Bombay High Court ruling of June 2019 which had upheld the validity of the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act. The Act provides for reservation in employment and education to the Maratha community..A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and S Ravindra Bhat, which initially heard the matter, had in September 2020 granted a stay of sorts by directing that there will be no reservation in jobs and admissions as per the SEBC Act for time being. .The SEBC Act originally provided 16 per cent reservation to Maratha community in educational institutions and government jobs. This law was challenged before the Bombay High Court which, in June 2019, upheld the validity of the law but reduced the quota to 12 per cent in admissions to educational institutions and 13 per cent in jobs.The petitions before the Supreme Court have challenged the law on the ground that it breaches the 50 per cent reservation threshold prescribed in the Indra Sawhney case.Since the Indra Sawhney case was decided by a bench of 9 judges, various parties had sought reference of the case to a bench of 11 judges to conclusively settle the issue..Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal raised this aspect on Friday and told the Court that the matter should be posted before a 11-judge Bench.The Court said that the 5-judge Bench which sits to hear the case on March 8 will consider this issue as well.
The Supreme Court will, in all likelihood, resume physical hearing of cases in a limited manner from March 2021. .This was stated in open Court by a Constitution Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan hearing the case relating to Maratha Reservation. .Considering the fact that physical hearing might commence by March, the Court fixed the Marahta reservation for final hearing from March 8. ."The hearing in this matter will begin on March 8. We propose to complete the hearing by March 18," the Bench which also comprised Justices L Nageswara Rao, S Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and Ravindra Bhat said..Even if physical hearing does not start by March 8, the Maratha Reservation case will be heard from that date via virtual mode, the Bench made it clear. .The petitioners have challenged the Bombay High Court ruling of June 2019 which had upheld the validity of the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act. The Act provides for reservation in employment and education to the Maratha community..A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and S Ravindra Bhat, which initially heard the matter, had in September 2020 granted a stay of sorts by directing that there will be no reservation in jobs and admissions as per the SEBC Act for time being. .The SEBC Act originally provided 16 per cent reservation to Maratha community in educational institutions and government jobs. This law was challenged before the Bombay High Court which, in June 2019, upheld the validity of the law but reduced the quota to 12 per cent in admissions to educational institutions and 13 per cent in jobs.The petitions before the Supreme Court have challenged the law on the ground that it breaches the 50 per cent reservation threshold prescribed in the Indra Sawhney case.Since the Indra Sawhney case was decided by a bench of 9 judges, various parties had sought reference of the case to a bench of 11 judges to conclusively settle the issue..Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal raised this aspect on Friday and told the Court that the matter should be posted before a 11-judge Bench.The Court said that the 5-judge Bench which sits to hear the case on March 8 will consider this issue as well.
