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A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan asked the government to respond to the PIL seeking the implementation of the women’s reservation law without waiting for the conduct of a fresh delimitation exercise.

The bench, during the hearing, observed, “Preamble (to the Constitution of India) says (all citizens are entitled to) political and social equality. Who is the largest minority in this country? It is the woman… almost 48 per cent. This is about the political equality of women.”

Senior advocate Shobha Gupta, appearing for Thakur, stated that after 75 years of India’s independence, it is unfortunate that women still have to approach the court for representation.

Hearing the counsel, the bench said, “When is the delimitation exercise there? Serve it to the govern

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