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Reservation an Exception
Why in news
- A three-judge Bench is examining number of petitions filed in SC challenging the validity of a constitutional amendment for providing 10% economic quota in government jobs and educational institutions.
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- What petitioners have to say
(1) Economic reservation violated the 50% reservation ceiling limit fixed in the 1992, IndraSawhney case.
(2) The 1992 Judgment also barred reservation solely on economic criterion.
- SC point of View
(1) Excessive quota will impinge upon the right to equal opportunity.
(2) Excessive quota is a result offorward classes; especially those not entitled for are gaining benefits of reservation.
(3) Reservation itself is an exception intended to achieve equality of opportunity.
- IndraSawhney Case Judgment
(1) Backward class cannot be determined only and exclusively with reference to economic criterion.
(2) Economic criterion may be a consideration in addition to social backwardness but it can’t be the sole criterion.
- 103rd Amendment Act 2019
(1) It provides for 10% reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for the economically backward in the unreserved category.
(2) The Govt is of the opinion that10% economic quota is a move towards a classless and casteless society.
Source
The Hindu