EWS quota goes against the basic structure of Constitution, SC told

Hearing the pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the 10% quota for the economically weaker sections (EWS) on Tuesday, Dr. G Mohan Gopal, appearing on behalf of petitioners, said the quota was a fraud on the Constitution.

A Constitution bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi, and JB Pardiwala began hearing the matter. 

Dr. G Mohan Gopal said the EWS reservation was an attack on the constitutional vision of social justice. “I will argue then how this 103rd amendment is a fraud on the constitution and how this violates