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

#BREAKING Justice Dinesh Maheshwari : Exclusion of classes covered by 15(4), 16(4) does not violate equality code and does not damage basic structure

#BREAKING Justice Dinesh Maheshwari : Reservation structured singularly on economic criteria does not violate the basic structure of the Constitution.

J Dinesh Maheshwari : After delving with these aspects, conclusions are :

a. Reservation is an instrument of affirmative action by State so as to ensure all inclusive approach. It is an instrument not only for inclusion of socially and educationally backward classes..

J Dinesh Maheshwari : Whether EWS of 10% in addition of 50% violates basic structure.

Justice Dinesh Maheshwari : There are 3 major issues. Whether reservation is an instrument of representation of backward classes and whether economic criteria violate basic structure.

b. Whether exclusion of categories in 15(4) from EWS violate equality code.

CJI Lalit : I invite Justice Dinesh Maheshwari first to declare his view

Bench assembles.

CJI Lalit : There are four judgments.

Bench is yet to assemble.

As per the causelist, there are more than one judgment by the 5-judge bench in the EWS quota case.