New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). The Constitution Bench of the court will commence hearing on September 13 in the matter challenging the constitutional validity of reservation for EWS. The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear later petitions against the High Court's decision to quash a local law granting reservations to Muslims. Before this, the court will examine the constitutional validity of the decision of the Central Government to give a 10 per cent reservation in admission and jobs to the people of EWS.
A five-member Constitutional Bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, Justice Ravindra Bhatt, Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice JB Pardiwala has said that it will take a decision on the procedural aspects and other details on September 6 and on the petitions from September 13. The hearing will begin. Let us inform you that, through the 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act 2019, the Central Government had included the provision of reservation in admissions and public services for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).
The Supreme Court will hear the state government's petitions and other petitions challenging the order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. Let us tell you that the Andhra Pradesh HC had struck down a local law giving reservations to Muslims. A five-judge bench of the Andhra Pradesh HC in a four-judge judgment declared these provisions unconstitutional under the 'State to Muslim Communities Act' 2005.
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