The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a writ petition challenging the provision in the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023 (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam), which makes the implementation of 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies contingent upon the completion of delimitation after the next census.

A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice R Mahadevan heard the matter.

During the hearing, counsel for the petitioner argued that there was no rational nexus in making the implementation of the reservation contingent on a future exercise, which has not even begun. “ No exercise has even begun. There is no rational nexus. When the exercise will commence is not mentioned anywhere. They have yet to even start the census ,” she submitted

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