Pro-Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Friday launched his indefinite fast demanding reservation for the Maratha community from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota.
A five-judge Constitution Bench wondered out aloud for how many generations quotas in education and employment would continue while hearing a specific case ~ of reservations for the Maratha community proposed by the state of Maharashtra which breaches the 50 per cent quota limit laid down by the Court in the Indra Sawhney (Mandal) case.
The Bombay High Court on June 27 upheld the constitutional validity of reservation for the Maratha community in government jobs and education.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who tabled the bill, thanked Opposition members for helping in the passage of the bill unanimously.
Karbhari Shelke was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in his house in the Vijaynagar area, a Pundliknagar police official said.
