A report by the 5-member Banthia commission was accepted by a bench headed by Justice A.M Khanwilkar and a 27% reservation was granted for the OBCs in the Nagar panchayat, Nagar Parishad, and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections.
On Wednesday, 27% reservation was granted by the Supreme Court for Other Backward Classes in all the local body elections in the state. The commission’s report of 781 pages was led by former Chief Secretary Jayant Banthia and the report was accepted by the bench.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde tweeted “OBC Community has been granted political reservation by the Hon’ble Supreme Court. We are the true Shiv soldiers of Shiv Sena Chief Balasaheb Thackeray. Once a promise is made, it will be kept.”
