DESK BRIEF: Six pending Constitution Bench cases at the SC deal with fundamental questions about reservation in education and employment.

We look at the arguments on whether the 50% limit is binding precedent, and its scope in applying it to Maratha reservations.

We look at the rationale and the development of the 50% limit on reservations, which was an issue in the Maratha Reservations case.

We look at the Litigation History of the Maratha Reservations case, before it came before the Supreme Court.

Bhushan J interpreted the 102nd Constitution Amendment Act purposively whereas Bhat J interpreted the Amendment strictly based on its text.

In May 2021 the Supreme Court struck down the reservations provided to Maratha's and continued to hear multiple COVID cases.

The Court has struck down reservation for Marathas, after 3 attempts in the 4th round of litigation on the issue. Will there be Attempt 4?

In this episode of SCO Explains, we look at second part of the Supreme Court's judgment in Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. Union of India.