Overview

• A cabinet sub-committee presented Government Resolutions accepting six of eight demands, including implementing the Hyderabad Gazette through village-level verification to issue Kunbi certificates to eligible Marathas.
• The state said it will decide on the Satara Gazette within about a month and is exploring a legal route to declare Marathas and Kunbis the same community, a process officials said could take two months.
• Authorities pledged to withdraw cases against protesters by the end of September and to provide compensation and government jobs to the kin of those who died, with Rs 15 crore set aside and disbursements promised within a week.
• The Bombay High Court allowed the sit-in at Azad Maidan to continue until September 3 and warned of strict action to uphold its orders after days of traffic disruption across south Mumbai.
• Unresolved issues include the demand to extend benefits to 'sage soyare' relatives and the adjudication of roughly 8 lakh objections, requiring extensive record checks that must withstand judicial review.