The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a plea seeking immediate implementation of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023 , which reserves one-third of all seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies for women. The bench, however, reiterated that the enforcement of such laws falls within the executive’s domain.

A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan said it would examine the plea but underlined the limits of judicial intervention in policy matters.

“The courts have limitations when interfering with such policy matters,” Justice Nagarathna remarked, adding, “Our Preamble to the Constitution says all citizens are entitled to political and social equality. Who is the largest minority in this country? It is the women. It’s almost 48 per cent. Th

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