Congress leader Udit Raj on Monday called the Supreme Court โcasteistโ after it delivered 3:2 split verdict on the validity of the Constitutionโs 103rd Amendment Act 2019, which provides for 10 per cent reservations of the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in higher education and issues of public employment.
New Delhi: Congress leader Udit Raj on Monday called the Supreme Court โcasteistโ after it delivered 3:2 split verdict on the validity of the Constitutionโs 103rd Amendment Act 2019, which provides for 10 per cent reservations of the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in higher education and issues of public employment.
โSupreme Court is casteist, is there still doubt about it! It refused to give reservation to SC/ST, OBC in Indira Sawhney case citing the Constitutionโs limit of 50 per cent but reversed its statement when it came to EWS reservation,โ Congress leader Udit Raj said in his tweet in Hindi.
เคธเฅเคชเฅเคฐเฅเคฎ เคเฅเคฐเฅเค เคเคพเคคเคฟเคตเคพเคฆเฅ เคนเฅ, เค เคฌ เคญเฅ เคเฅเค เคถเค! EWS เคเคฐเคเฅเคทเคฃ เคเฅ เคฌเคพเคค เคเค เคคเฅ เคเฅเคธเฅ เคชเคฒเคเฅ เคฎเคพเคฐเฅ เคเคฟ 50% เคเฅ เคธเฅเคฎเคพ เคธเคเคตเฅเคงเคพเคจเคฟเค เคฌเคพเคงเฅเคฏเคคเคพ เคจเคนเฅ เคนเฅ เคฒเฅเคเคฟเคจ เคเคฌ เคญเฅ SC/ST/OBC เคเฅ เคเคฐเคเฅเคทเคฃ เคฆเฅเคจเฅ เคเฅ เคฌเคพเคค เคเคคเฅ เคฅเฅ เคคเฅ เคเคเคฆเคฟเคฐเคพ เคธเคพเคนเคจเฅ เคฎเคพเคฎเคฒเฅ เคฎเฅเค เคฒเคเฅ 50% เคเฅ เคธเฅเคฎเคพ เคเคพ เคนเคตเคพเคฒเคพ เคฆเคฟเคฏเคพ เคเคพเคคเคพ เคฐเคนเคพเฅค
โ Dr. Udit Raj (@Dr_Uditraj) November 7, 2022
In another tweet, he clarified that he was not opposing the reservation of poor upper castes but was only mentioning the SCโs vision in the matter of Indira Sawhney.
โI am not against the reservation of poor upper castes but of the mindset that when SC/ST/OBC matter came up, SC always said that 50% limit in Indira Sawhney case cannot be crossed,โ he wrote in his tweet.
เคฎเฅเค เคเคฐเฅเคฌ เคธเคตเคฐเฅเคฃเฅเค เคเฅ เคเคฐเคเฅเคทเคฃ เคเฅ เคตเคฟเคฐเฅเคฆเฅเคง เคจเคนเฅ เคนเฅเค เคฌเคฒเฅเคเคฟ เคเคธ เคฎเคพเคจเคธเคฟเคเคคเคพ เคเคพ เคนเฅเค เคเคฟ เคเคฌ เคเคฌ SC/ST/OBC เคเคพ เคฎเคพเคฎเคฒเคพ เคเคฏเคพ เคคเฅ เคนเคฎเฅเคถเคพ SC เคจเฅ เคเคนเคพ เคเคฟ เคเคเคฆเคฟเคฐเคพ เคธเคพเคนเคจเฅ เคฎเคพเคฎเคฒเฅ เคฎเฅเค เคฒเคเฅ 50% เคธเฅเคฎเคพ เคชเคพเคฐ เคจเคนเฅ เคเฅ เคเคพ เคธเคเคคเฅเฅค
โ Dr. Udit Raj (@Dr_Uditraj) November 7, 2022
A five-judge Constitution bench in a 3:2 split verdict upheld the validity of the Constitutionโs 103rd Amendment Act 2019, where three judges passed the verdict upholding the Act while CJI UU Lalit concurred with Justice S Ravindra Bhat and passed a dissent order, earlier on Monday morning.
Majority bench โ Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Bela Trivedi and JB Pardiwala upheld the EWS amendment.
Justice Maheshwari said, โthe EWS amendment does not violate the equality code or the essential features of the Constitution.โ
Justice Bela M Trivedi said, her judgment is in concurrence with Justice Maheshwari and said that the EWS quota in the general category is valid and constitutional.
CJI Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Bela M Trivedi and JB Pardiwala passed the judgment upholding the Act.
In September last week, the constitution bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, Justice S Ravindra Bhat, Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice JB Pardiwala, reserved the order after all the parties concluded their arguments.
The Constitution Bench was dealing with issues relating to the Constitutional validity of reservations on the basis of economic conditions. The court has begun hearing the matter on September 13 and the hearing was heard for seven days.
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The constitutional validity of the 103rd Amendment Act, 2019 enabled the State to make reservations in higher education and matters of public employment on the basis of economic criteria alone. The Janhit Abhiyan petition is the lead matter.
Janhit Abhiyanโs matter relates to the challenging constitutional validity of the 103rd Amendment Act, 2019 which enabled the State to make reservations in higher education and matters of public employment on the basis of economic criteria alone.
Moreover, the Janhit matter is being heard together with a case filed by the Andhra Pradesh government against the High Courtโs decision quashing its decision of granting reservations in education and public service for the entire Muslim population of the State in 2005.
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