National Desk:
EWS Quota Verdict Highlights: The Supreme Court has given its verdict on the 10 percent reservation system for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS). A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court by a 3:2 majority upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment, which introduced 10 per cent reservation for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in education and public employment. Out of the 5 judge bench, three judges have upheld the 103rd Amendment Act 2019 of the Constitution.
The decision of consent was given by Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, Justice Bela Trivedi, Justice JB Pardiwala. At the same time, the view of dissent is that of CJI UU Lalit and Justice Ravindra Bhat. According to the majority view of Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice JB Pardiwala, a single structured reservation on economic parameters does not violate the basic structure of the Constitution. They have also held that the violation of 50 per cent limit by EWS reservation does not violate infrastructure.
Justice Ravindra Bhat has disagreed while giving the decision on reservation on economic basis. That is, now it is a 3-1 decision. However, even going against him will not affect this decision. Apart from this, Chief Justice UU Lalit also expressed his dissent on the EWS reservation. Justice Ravindra Bhat expressed dissatisfaction on this and said that a large part of the population belongs to SC / ST / OBC. Many of them are poor. So the 103rd amendment is wrong. Justice S Ravindra Bhat has also considered it wrong to give reservation above 50 percent. He has also considered it wrong to give reservation above 50 percent.
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