New Delhi : EWS storage will remain unchanged. Supreme Court’s historic decision on economic backward class reservation The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of reservation. “This does not violate the Constitution,” the judge said.

There was a challenge in the Supreme Court opposing the reservation imposed for the economically backward classes. It is unconstitutional, there was a petition in the court to remove it. However, the Supreme Court gave its verdict in the case on Monday. A five-judge bench of the apex court has ruled in support of the EWS reservation. The judge said 10 per cent reservation for economically backward classes would continue.

The central government had provided 10 per cent reservation for the economically backward in the general category. It came into force through the 103rd Amendment Act of the Constitution. It was added to Articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution in 2019. However, it was challenged in the Supreme Court as unconstitutional. Chief Justice of India (CJI) U.U. Lalit and four other judges gave their verdict in the case. A bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Bela Trivedi and J B Pardiwala upheld the EWS reservation, while Chief Justice U U Lalit and Justice Ravindra Bhat termed it unconstitutional. However, in the ratio of 3-2, the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of reservation.

The 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act is valid. The EWS reservation does not violate any article of the Constitution. Therefore, it is not right to call it unconstitutional,” Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and two other judges said.