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Reservation is a system of affirmative action in India that was established during the British rule.Based on provisions in the Indian Constitution, it allows the Union Government and the States and Territories of India to allocate a specific percentage of reserved quotas or seats, in higher education admissions, employment, political bodies, etc., for "socially and economically backward citizens".
The Ninety-fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Ninety-fifth Amendment) Act, 2009, extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies for another ten years, i.e. up to 26 January 2020.
Parliamentarians of INC proposed an unsuccessful amendment to the bill with the aim of facilitating the implementation of women's reservation in the year 2024. M. Thambidurai of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in an expression of contentment conveyed his satisfaction on passage of this women's reservation bill. He further emphasized ...
Waiting for a Visa is an autobiographical document written by B. R. Ambedkar during the period of 1935–36. [1] The manuscript was published as a booklet, posthumously, on March 19, 1990, by the People's Education Society.
Ambedkar argued that political democracy would be meaningless without the equal participation of the depressed classes. [11] The legacy of the Poona Pact endures in India's political landscape. The reserved seats in Parliament and assemblies, allocated based on the population of SCs, aim to provide political representation.
Government rules for reservation cannot be introduced without quantifiable data of backwardness and underrepresentation. S. Balakrishnan v. S. Chandrasekar 28/2/2005, The Government of Tamil Nadu Vs. Registration Department SC/ST (9/12/2005) The Madras High Court held that reservation in promotion is available only to SC and ST and not to OBC.
Under the 104th amendment to the Constitution of India, this reservation is to last until 2030 and is subject to extension with another constitutional amendment. [9] The population figure of SCs in relation to the total population figure had increased from 14.6% in the 1971 census to 16.2% in the 2001 census.
They argued that it violates the basic structure of the Indian Constitution, which in their view does not allow reservations on purely economic criteria. On 7 November 2022, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India held, in Janhit Abhiyan v Union of India, that the 103rd Amendment did not violate the basic structure. [ 31 ]