Supreme Court upholds 10% EWS reservation
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xnfivedjudgenzonstitution benchninnanjqinmajoritynverdict hasnheldnthatnthenprovisionsnof thenxmendmentndoesnnotnviod latenessentialnfeaturesnofnthe zonstitutionenzhiefnjusticenof Indianuunlalitnandnsnravindra yhatndissentednfromnthenmajord itynverdictnandnstruckndownnthe hgjrdnxmendmentnxcten“inhave concurrednwithnthenviewntaken bynjusticenyhatenthendecision standsnatnjqic”nsaidnzjinlalit whilenpronouncingnhisnverdicte
Majoritynbenchndnjusticesn id neshnmaheshwaricnyelantrivedi andnjynpardiwalanupheldnthe “Wsnxmendmentnsayingn“ws quotandoesnnotnviolatenthenbasic structurenofnthenzonstitutione
Justicenmaheshwaricnwhile readingnoutnthenjudgementnsaidc “Then“wsnamendmentndoesnnot violatenthenequalityncodenornthe essentialnfeaturesnofnthenzonstid tutione”n’ensaidnreservationnisnan instrumentnofnaffirmativenaction sonasntonensurenannalldinclusive marchntowardsnthengoalsnofnan egalitariannsocietye
Justicenyelanmntrivedinsaid hernjudgmentnisninnconcurrence withnjusticenmaheshwarinand thatnthen“wsnquotaninnthengend eralncategorynisnvalidnandnconstid tutionalenshensaidqn“the amendmentnasnanseparatenclass isnanreasonablenclassificatione Legislaturenunderstandsnthe needsnofnpeoplenandnitnisnaware ofntheneconomicnexclusionnof peoplenfromnthenreservatione”
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’ensaiden“thenonesnwhonhave movednaheadnshouldnbenred movednfromnbackwardnclasses sonthatnonesninnneedncannbe helpedenthenwaysntondetermine backwardnclassesnneednanredlook sonthatnwaysnarenrelevantnin today’sntimeenreservationnshould notncontinuenfornannindefinite timensonthatnitnbecomesnanvested intereste”
Justicenyhatninnhisndissent verdictnstruckndownnthenhgjrd xmendmentnsayingnthatnwhile reservationnonnanneconomic basisnisnpermissiblecnexcluding Szfstsnandnothernyackward zlassesnfromn“wsncannotnbe permittednandnamountsntondisd criminationnagainstntheme
Thenzonstitutionnbenchnverd dictncamenonnanbatchnofnpetid tionscnfilednbynn‘osnjanhit xbhiyannandnyouthnforn“qualityc amongnotherscnchallengingnthe xmendmente