Mumbai, Oct. 7 -- The Bombay High Court today refused to grant stay and any interim relief to a batch of petitions filed by representatives of the Kunbi and Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities challenging the Maharashtra government's September 2 Government Resolution (GR) that allows Marathas from Marathwada to obtain Kunbi caste certificates under the Hyderabad Gazette.
A division bench, headed by Chief Justice Chamdrashekar and Justice Gautam Ankhad, was hearing the petitions filed by organisations, including Kunbi Seva Sanstha, Maharashtra Mali Samaj Mahasangh, Ahir Suvarnakar Samaj Sanstha, Sadanand Mandlik, and Maharashtra Nabhik Mahasangh, stating that extending OBC quota benefits to Marathas will dilute existing reservations an...