India, Sept. 23 -- A division bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday recused itself from hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the government resolution (GR) issued by the State on September 2, which implemented the Hyderabad Gazette and granted Kunbi caste certificates to eligible Marathas from the Marathwada region, enabling them to get reservation under the Other Backward Castes (OBC) category.

The division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil refused to hear the five petitions without giving a reason and ordered the court registry to place them before an appropriate bench. The matter is now expected to be placed before the bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad. ...