Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil vs The Chief Minister And Ors.

The Supreme Court addressed the issue of the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra law providing for the reservation of seats for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in local bodies. The court held that the state must provide adequate justification for exceeding the 50% ceiling on reservations as established in previous judgments. Ultimately, the court upheld the law while emphasizing the need for empirical data to support the reservation policy.