Marathas have a separate 10% quota under the SEBC Act, 2024, under challenge in the Bombay High Court since 2024 and heard afresh from 9 Oct 2026. Kunbi certif…
The Mathadi labour leader marched to the legislature for Maratha reservation and died by suicide the next day.
Maratha-Kunbi and Kunbi-Maratha were added to Maharashtra's OBC list, after the Khatri commission.
Months before an election, Marathas got 16% in education and state jobs. The High Court stayed it in November.
Sparked by the Kopardi rape and murder, huge silent marches began in Aurangabad and ended in Mumbai a year later.
Passed unanimously on the Gaikwad commission's report. Total reservation in the state rose to about 68%.
Every separate Maratha quota ran into the courts.
No extraordinary situation justified breaching the 50% ceiling from Indra Sawhney.
Every version crossed the line.
Police force at Manoj Jarange Patil's hunger strike turned a local protest into a statewide movement.
The legislature passed a separate 10% quota unanimously, on the Shukre commission's report.
Not the same policy.
No stay, but every admission and job under the 10% quota depends on the final verdict.
Marathwada's Marathas can use Nizam-era records to prove Kunbi ancestry. It is not blanket OBC status.
Five steps for an individual claim.
The state promised certificates based on about 58 lakh identified Kunbi records.
Justice Ravindra Ghuge, heading the quota bench, was sworn in as Calcutta Chief Justice.
Jarange gave the government three months after it said 12 of his 13 demands were accepted.
2023 to 2026.
A new bench began hearing the 10% quota challenge afresh.
Why the case keeps restarting.
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