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The lok sabha on wednesday passed a bill granting reservation to women on one-third seats in lok sabha and state assemblies with near unanimity amid demands from the opposition to extend similar benefits to other backward classes and immediate implementation of the measure before the elections next year. after a spirited eight-hour debate in which 60 members participated, the lok sabha passed the constitution (128th amendment) bill, with 454 members voting in favour and two against it. prime min...

The Lok Sabha scripted history on Wednesday as it passed the Bill reserving a third or 33 per cent of seats for women in national and state legislatures with an overwhelming majority.

As many as 215 MPs in the Rajya Sabha voted in favour of the bill, a day after it received strong support in the lower house with 454 votes .

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New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi will lead debate on Women's Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha. Sources said that Sonia

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"The validity of the 104th amendment shall be determined to the extent that it applies to the SCs and the STs since the reservations for Anglo Indians has come to an end after the expiration of 70 years from the commencement of the Constitution," the bench, also comprising Justices AS Bopanna, MM Sundresh, JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra said.

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Meeting a long-pending demand, the government on tuesday introduced a bill to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in lok sabha and state assemblies. however, its implementation may still take some time and is unlikely to be in force for the next lok sabha elections in 2024 as the reservation will come into effect only after a delimitation exercise is completed. the bill has proposed that the reservation will continue for a period of 15 years and there will be quota for sc/sts within the res...

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 20) posted a batch of cases challenging the reservations provided for Scheduled Castes(SCs) and Scheduled Tribes(STs) communities in...