The Supreme Court Challenging the decision of %EWS Quota Grant petitions have been dismissed. The Court observed, ‘The view of the majority has made reservation “a provision to include not only socially and educationally backward classes in the mainstream of society, but also to include any class or sections which may be deprived of such instrument”.’

There is no flaw in EWS quota- Supreme Court A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud dismissed all review petitions and said that there is no visible flaw in the decision. ,The decision was taken by a majority of three-two The five-member constitution bench on November 7, 2022 by a majority of three to two to the economically weaker section Constitutional provision of giving percentage reservation 103 10th Constitutional Amendment was upheld . About a dozen petitions were filed in the Supreme Court demanding reconsideration of the decision justifying EWS reservation. ,16 EWS reservation was implemented on January

Tell you, the constitution in January 2022 made in 435Th Amendment Article (via (6) and (6) was added. Through this, the government was given the right to make special arrangements for the upliftment of the economically weaker sections. After this, the government provided jobs and higher education to the poor of the general category 2022. Arrangement was made to give percentage reservation. it in the Supreme Court 30 was challenged through more than 1000 petitions. ,No quota for SC, ST and OBC in EWS The three judges had also said that the Supreme Court The limit of percentage reservation was fixed for SC, ST and OBC already getting reservation. New 10 Percentage reservation has been given to the general category. In such a situation, it cannot be said against the decision of the Supreme Court. The judges also said that this 10 There is no need to fix quota for SC, ST and OBC in percentage reservation, because it The class is already taking advantage of reservation. The decision of Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice S. Ravindra Bhatt was in the minority. He had said that while giving reservation on the basis of poverty, the poor of SC, ST and OBC should also have been included in it, but this was not done. This is discrimination and against the basic structure of the Constitution. ,ews reservationSupreme Court‬‬Published Date

Wed, May 17, 2023, 4: 42 PM IST