Today, the Supreme Court agrees to schedule the curative petition against the Maratha quota verdict.

Senior Advocate Maninder Singh brought the matter before CJI DY Chandrachud for expedited consideration.

In response, CJI DY Chandrachud assured,

"We are processing the curative petition, and we will schedule it for listing."

The said petition has been filed in response to the judgment issued by a 5-judge bench back in May 2021, which invalidated the Maharashtra legislation that had granted reservation for the Maratha community within the Socially and Economically Backward Class category.

The bench, in its decision, invalidated the Maharashtra SEBC Act 2018 and held Marathas as a socially and economically backward class, deeming it a violation of the principles of equality. Furthermore, the bench nullified the reservation granted to Marathas in both employment and education. 

Supreme Court, in  its judgment established 3:2 majority after the 102nd amendment to the Constitution, states do not possess the authority to identify the Socially and Economically Backward Classes. Subsequently, in July 2021, the same 5-judge bench rejected the review petitions that had been filed challenging the initial judgment. This included a review petition filed by the Central Government, which sought to contest the part of the judgment asserting that states do not have the power to identify SEBCs, and the bench also dismissed the Centre's review petition.