Supreme Court 10 percent ews quota The petitions challenging the decision have been dismissed. The Court observed, ‘The view of the majority has made reservation “a measure 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 Described as “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 verdict.
decision by a majority of three to two
On November 7, 2022, a five-member constitution bench, while giving a three-to-two majority verdict, upheld the constitutional provision of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment to provide 10 percent reservation to the economically weaker sections. About a dozen petitions were filed in the Supreme Court demanding reconsideration of the decision justifying EWS reservation.
EWS reservation was implemented on January 19
Let us tell you, Article 15 (6) and 16 (6) were added through the 103rd amendment made in the Constitution in January 2019. Through this, the government was given the right to make special arrangements for the upliftment of the economically weaker sections. After this, the government made a system to give 10 percent reservation in jobs and higher education to the poor of the general category. This was challenged in the Supreme Court through more than 30 petitions.
No quota for SC, ST and OBC in EWS
The three judges had also said that the Supreme Court had fixed the limit of 50 percent reservation for SC, ST and OBC already getting reservation. New 10 percent 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 had also said that there is no need to fix quota for SC, ST and OBC in this 10 percent reservation, because this 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.
SC dismisses review petitions filed against ews quota
