New Delhi. The Supreme Court on Friday said that it would be ‘very difficult’ for it to repeal the provisions of the Women’s Reservation Bill. There is a provision that the 33 percent quota for women will not be implemented until the census and subsequent delimitation work is done.
Justice Sanjeev Khanna and S.V.N. Bhatti’s bench heard the petition of Congress leader Jaya Thakur. The bench decided not to issue notice to the central government and said it would consider the matter along with the pending petition making a similar demand on November 22.
Senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for the petitioner, said that the provision of the law that women quota will come into effect after census data and delimitation should be abolished. On this the top court said, “It will be very difficult for us to do this.” Singh argued that there was no need for a census to reserve seats for women in Parliament and state legislature.
He argued that there is no need for census and delimitation as the number of seats has already been declared and the present amendment gives 33 per cent reservation for existing seats, and it is known to everyone in our country that 50 per cent is female population. , but their representation in elections is only 4 percent.
A PIL was filed by the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) demanding the re-introduction of the Women’s Reservation Bill, 2008, stating that the bill was not passed despite promises.
In August this year, the Supreme Court had questioned the Center regarding the delay in filing the reply in this case. ‘You have not filed any reply. Why are you shying away from this?’ It told Additional Solicitor General K.M., representing the Centre. Asked Nataraja.
Nari Shakti Vandan Act Bill 2023 – Passed in a special session of Parliament in September this year. It mandates 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and all state assemblies, including Delhi.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : November 3, 2023, 10:22 pm IST
