Delhi High Court seeks Centre’s reply on plea over women’s reservation in Parliament
The Hindu
Delhi High Court questions validity of Article 334A(l) delaying women's reservation, hearing set for April 9.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) asked the Centre to respond to a plea challenging the validity of Article 334A(l) of the Constitution which prescribes delimitation as a prerequisite to give effect to reservation of seats for women in Parliament.
The court issued notice to the Ministry of Law and Justice as well as the Attorney-General of India, the highest law officer in the country, on the plea questioning why women’s reservation should be deferred until the delimitation was complete. The matter would be heard on April 9.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, representing the National Federation of India Women, said Article 334A(l) of the Constitution effectively deferred the implementation of the Women’s Reservation Act.
The 2023 law prescribes 33% reservation of seats in the Lok Sabha and all State Legislative Assemblies for women.
The petitioner argued such a prerequisite was not present for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.
“The impugned clause provides for a distinction that is arbitrary and unequal both according to political logic and constitutional law, and is therefore, violative of Articles 14 and 15,” it added.
It added that the populations of women are consistent all across India and there was “no possible rationale” for the Census and the delimitation exercise to be a basis for allocation of seats for women’s reservation.
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