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Marathas—a politically dominant and numerically significant land-owning community in Maharashtra—have persistently demanded reservation in public employment and higher education under the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) category.",{"type":16,"tag":32,"props":12337,"children":12338},{},[12339,12341,12346,12348,12353],{"type":22,"value":12340},"The ongoing legal battles, state legislative enactments, and landmark judicial pronouncements—most notably the Constitution Bench judgment of the Supreme Court in ",{"type":16,"tag":105,"props":12342,"children":12343},{},[12344],{"type":22,"value":12345},"Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. Chief Minister, Maharashtra (2021)",{"type":22,"value":12347},"—have made this issue a classic case study for public policy and constitutional law. 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The government issued an ordinance, but it was subsequently stayed by the Bombay High Court, which noted a lack of scientific quantifiable data.",{"type":16,"tag":143,"props":12434,"children":12435},{},[12436,12441],{"type":16,"tag":38,"props":12437,"children":12438},{},[12439],{"type":22,"value":12440},"Justice M.G. Gaikwad Commission (2018):",{"type":22,"value":12442}," The Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission (MSBCC), chaired by Justice M.G. 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