Attorney General Venugopal raises three questions on EWS reservation

The constitution bench of the Supreme Court will discuss the three issues suggested by Attorney General for India (AG) KK Venugopal in the pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the 10% quota for the economically weaker sections (EWS).

A Constitution bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi, and JB Pardiwala said this on Thursday.

Sources indicate parties were not able to arrive at a consensus regarding the questions of law and the bench is expected to fine-tune them today.

The reservation was made by the 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act 2019.

The three issues