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Validity of 10 percent EWS quota
September 16 , 2022
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- A five-judge Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India decided to examine three key issues to ascertain the validity of the 103rd amendment.
- The challenge to the EWS quota was referred to a five-judge Bench in August 2020.
- The 103rd Amendment inserted Articles 15(6) and 16(6) in the Constitution.
- It aims to provide up to 10 per cent reservation to EWS other than backward classes, SCs, and STs in higher educational institutions and initial recruitment in government jobs.
- The amendment empowered state governments to provide reservation on the basis of economic backwardness.
- The EWS reservation was granted based on the recommendations of a commission headed by Retired Major General S R Sinho.
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