Supreme Court upholds 10 per cent reservation for EWS in 3:2 verdict

SC verdict says that the 10 per cent EWS quota does not violate the basic structure of the Constitution. CJI Lalit and Justice Bhat dissent on the exclusion of SCs and STs from the EWS category

Supreme Court (SC) on Monday upheld the validity of the 10 per cent reservation to the economically weaker section (EWS) under the 103rd Constitutional Amendment. In a 3 to 2 verdict, the five-member bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, UU Lalit, upheld the EWS quota on Monday. 

CJI Lalit and Justice Ravindra Bhat dissented witht the majority judgment on the exclusion of SC/ST from the EWS quota.   

CJI Lalit is set to retire on November 8. 

SC said that the EWS quota does not violate the basic structure of the Constitution set under the Indra Sawhney Case (1992).