Mumbai, March 10 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday fixed March 23 as the date for the hearing of a petition challenging the Maharashtra government's decision to scrap the Muslim reservation.
The petition is expected to come up before a bench headed by Justice Riyaz Chhagla. Advocate Nitin Satpute is the counsel for the petitioner, Advocate Ejaj Naqvi.
A Government Resolution (GR) cancelling the reservation was notified on 17 February by the Social Justice Department.
In 2014, when the Congress-NCP Democratic Front government was in power - with Prithviraj Chavan as the Chief Minister, 5 per cent reservation was granted for Muslims.
Muslims were placed under the Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) category, given reservati...