SC Verdict on EWS Quota: Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment providing 10 per cent reservation to economically weaker sections (EWS) in admissions and government jobs. Three out of five judges, which heard the petitions challenging the EWS reservation, upheld the EWS quota.
The judge observed that the constitutional amendment granting reservation was creating a delusional belief that those getting social and backward class benefit are somehow better placed than the other reservations.
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The court said that economic backwardness among the upper castes could have been addressed through interventions like scholarships and free education rather than the 10% quota.
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While the observations made by judges during the Maratha reservation hearing are not binding, their texture means that the statements must not be ignored or read in isolation.
A signboard is seen outside the premises of Supreme Court in New Delhi, India, September 28, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
âFor how many generations will reservations continue?â
âThis may be a beginning; all reservations may go and only EWS may remain, but these are all policies.âÂ
âIt was for the Government to take a decision on dismantling caste and reservations.âÂ