Published on : 17 Nov 2025, 12:33 pm 4 min read

The Supreme Court on Monday said that its directions on reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Maharashtra’s local body elections have been misread by authorities [ Rahul Ramesh Wagh vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ].

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi made it clear that the State cannot cross the 50 percent cap on total reservations for upcoming polls on January 31, 2026.

The Court was hearing pleas concerning Maharashtra’s decision to implement a fresh OBC reservation matrix for local body elections based on Banthia Commission’s findings.

The dispute arose in the backdrop of the Constitution Bench ruling in Vikas Kishanrao Gawali v State of Maharashtra in which the Supreme Court stru

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