Supreme Court’s three-question test for validity of 10% EWS quota | Explained News,The Indian Express

A Constitution Bench, hearing petitions against the 10% quota for Economically Weaker Sections in government jobs and admissions, will examine whether the Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act, by which it was introduced, violates the basic structure of the Constitution.

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													Supreme Court’s three-question test for validity of 10% EWS quota
													
														A Constitution Bench, hearing petitions against the 10% quota for Economically Weaker Sections in government jobs and admissions, will examine whether the Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act, by which it was introduced, violates the basic structure of the Constitution.
															
					
											
						
														
								
									
										
											
																									
													
														 Written by 					Shyamlal Yadav
			, 					Apurva Vishwanath
					
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	New Delhi, Varanasi | Updated: September 13, 2022  11:32:28 am														
													
															
													
												
												


		
		
			
				
			
		
		
			
				
			
		
		
			
				
			
		
		
			
			
			
		
	

											
											
														
														
														
													The challenge to the EWS quota was referred to a five-judge Bench in August 2020.Beginning Tuesday, the Supreme Court will examine whether The Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act, which introduced a 10 per cent quota for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in government jobs and admissions, violates the basic structure of the Constitution.

A five-judge Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) U U Lalit and also comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhat, Dinesh Maheshwari, S B Pardiwala, and Bela Trivedi last week decided to examine three key issues to ascertain the validity of the amendment.

The challenge to the EWS quota was referred to a five-judge Bench in August 2020.

Attorney General K K Venugopal had drafted four issues for the consideration of the Bench. On September 8, the court decided to take up three of them:

• “Whether the 103rd Constitution Amendment can be said to breach the basic structure of the Constitution by permitting the state to make special provisions, including reservation, based on economic criteria”;

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/supreme-courts-three-question-test-for-validity-of-10-ews-quota-8147285/

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