'Supreme Court' decision will come on Monday on 10% reservation for EWS

On Monday, the Supreme Court is going to hear many cases. Along with this, the court will give verdict in many big and popular cases. One of these decisions is to determine the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in education and public employment to determine the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment on Monday, 7 November. The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court had last month reserved its verdict on the petitions challenging the 103rd Constitutional Amendment.

A 5-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, Justice S Ravindra Bhat, Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice JB Pardiwala heard the matter, which lasted for seven days. It is noteworthy that Chief Justice UU Lalit is going to retire on 8 November 2022. According to the information, the Supreme Court will give its verdict on the validity of the 10% EWS quota law on Monday at 10.30 am. CJI Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice S Ravindra Bhat will deliver two separate judgments.

The petitions had challenged the validity of the Constitution (103rd) Amendment Act 2019. Through an amendment passed by Parliament in January 2019, it was proposed to provide economic reservation in jobs and education by inserting clause (6) in Articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution. The newly inserted Article 15(6) enabled the State to make special provisions for the advancement of any economically weaker section of citizens, including reservation in educational institutions.

It states that such reservation can be made in any educational institution, whether aided or unaided, including private institutions, except minority educational institutions covered under Article 30(1). It further states that the upper limit of reservation will be 10 per cent, which will be in addition to the existing reservation.