BREAKING: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS 10% RESERVATIONS FOR ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTIONS (EWS) LIVE UPDATES

Justice Trivedi : The sum and substance is that limitations imposed, whether procedural or substantive, on Constituent power on the State cannot be said to be disregarded by the Parliament.

Justice Trivedi : Treating EWS as separate class would be a reasonable classification. Just as equals as unequals, unequals cannot be treated equally. Treating unequals equally violates equality under the Constitution.

Justice Trivedi : State has come out with amendment for advancement of EWS categories

Justice Trivedi : The impugned amendment has to be treated as an affirmative action by the Parliament for the benefit of EWS class. It cannot be said to be unreasonable classification.

Justice Bela Trivedi concurs with Justice Dinesh Maheshwari. Holds that Constitution 103rd Amendment cannot be struck down as violating basic structure or being discriminatory.

#BREAKING Justice Dinesh Maheshwari : 103rd Constitution Amendment cannot be said to breaching basic structure for exceeding 50% ceiling limit.

#BREAKING Justice Dinesh Maheshwari : 103rd Constitution Amendment cannot be said to breaching basic structure for excluding classes covered by 15(4), 16(4) from EWS.

#BREAKING Justice Dinesh Maheshwari : 103rd Constitution Amendment cannot be said to breaching basic structure by providing reservation on economic criteria.

Justice Dinesh Maheshwari : Reservations for EWS does not violate basic structure on account of 50% ceiling limit because ceiling limit is not inflexible.

#BREAKING Justice Dinesh Maheshwari : Breach of 50% ceiling limit does not violate basic structure.