The Supreme Court on Friday said it would hear the pleas pertaining to the 2018 Maharashtra law granting reservation to Marathas in education and jobs from March 8, reported PTI. The pleas will be taken up in a hybrid manner, which means it will be a combination of both physical and virtual hearing.
A five-judge constitution bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan said if physical hearing would resume in the court, the parties can argue physically and if anyone wishes to make arguments virtually, he can do that. “Be that as it may, the hearing in these matters will start from March 8, 2021, by physical or virtual mode,” the bench, also comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, S Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and S Ravindra Bhat, said in its order.
The Supreme Court is hearing matters through video-conferencing since March in view of the coronavirus pandemic and is likely to resume physical hearing in a hybrid manner soon.
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