[Maratha Reservations] Being politically forward does not mean community is not socially, educationally backward: CU Singh - LIVE from SC

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 has 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 a 50% cap on the reservation permissible for backward classes.

Final hearings in the matter had commenced on March 15.

To read accounts of the hearings on Day 1 and Day 2 click here and here. To read Day 3 arguments, click here. Attorney General KK Venugopal completed putting forward his views on the issue on Day 4. On March 19, Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi completed his submissions, following which Senior Advocate Paramjit Patwalia began his submissions. Read an account of Day 5 here and an account of Day 6 here. An account of yesterday's hearing can be read here.

Live updates of the hearing today feature here.