Supreme Court Constitution bench upholds validity of EWS reservation by 3:2 majority
Announcing their decision in Janhit Abhiyan versus Union of India, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Bela M. Trivedi and J.B. Pardiwala, in the majority, upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment that provides for reservation for economically weaker sections of the citizenry, while Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and Justice S.R. Bhat, in the minority, struck it down for excluding the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.