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The Supreme Court connected Monday (November 17, 2025) asked the Maharashtra authorities not to transcend 50% reservations successful section assemblage elections scheduled for adjacent month, and warned to enactment the polls if the quota limits are breached.
A seat of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said the section assemblage elections successful the authorities tin lone beryllium held arsenic per the concern prevailing anterior to the 2022 J.K. Banthia Commission report, which recommended a 27% quota successful Other Backward Class (OBC) categories.
On the petition of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for Maharashtra, the seat fixed the substance for proceeding connected November 19 but asked the authorities authorities not to transcend the 50% ceiling.
"If the plea is that information has begun and the tribunal should enactment its hand, past we volition enactment the elections. Don't trial the powers of this court," the apical tribunal said.
It added, "We ne'er meant to transcend the 50% preservation headdress acceptable by the constitution bench. We can't bash truthful sitting successful a two-judge bench. The Banthia Commission study is inactive sub-judice, we allowed holding elections arsenic per the concern prevailing earlier.”
The apical tribunal besides issued announcement connected pleas alleging that successful immoderate cases, the preservation has reached 70% successful section assemblage polls of the state.
Mr. Mehta said the past day for filing information is Monday (November 17, 2025), and referred to the May 6 bid of the apex court, which paved the mode for holding of the elections.
Justice Bagchi said, "We were afloat conscious of the situation. We indicated that the pre-Banthia concern whitethorn prevail. But does it mean 27% crossed the board? If that is so, our absorption militates against the earlier bid of this court. What would hap is — this bid volition spell against the atom of the different order."
