August 6, 2020
SC to introduce 10% quota for economically disadvantaged upper castes.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court referred to the Constitutional Bench of five-judges for the petition challenging the introduction of 10% reservation for the Economically Weaker Sections [EWS] under the Constitution [One Hundred and Third] Amendment Act. EWS in jobs and education were proposed by inserting clause (6) in Article 15 and 16 of the Constitution of