The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Union government’s response on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the delay in implementing the 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies under the 2023 constitutional amendment.

A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan issued notice to the Centre on a petition filed by Congress leader Jaya Thakur, who contended that the implementation of the women’s reservation should not be made contingent upon a future delimitation exercise.

While acknowledging the constitutional mandate for women’s representation, the bench clarified that the judiciary cannot compel Parliament or the executive to enforce a law. “Enforcement of a law is in the domain of the Parliament and the executive. We cannot issue a m

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