SC upholds 10% reservation for EWS

Monday, 7 November 2022newsdesk

A majority of a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court today upheld the validity of the 103rd Amendment of the Constitution which provides 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in admissions and government jobs.

New Delhi, 07 November 2022

As per news report of AIR, three judges (Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Bela Trivedi, and JB Pardiwala) upheld the Act and two judges dissented. Justice S Ravindra Bhat passed a dissent order calling the law discriminatory and violative of basic structure. Chief Justice U U Lalit also concurred with the view of Justice S Ravindra Bhat. Justice Trivedi ruled that EWS quota law isn't discriminatory. Justice Maheshwari said that EWS quota law doesn't violate basic structure or equality code for taking into account economic criteria. It doesn't also cause damage to any essential feature by exceeding 50% ceiling for quota since the ceiling is itself flexible.

Source -AIR