SC dismisses pleas challenging 33 percent reservation for women

The Supreme Court on Friday, January 10 refused to examine pleas challenging the delimitation clause in the 2023 Nari Shakti Vandan Act, which reserves one-third of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state



assemblies.

A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and P B Varale was not inclined to entertain the petitions filed by one Jaya Thakur and the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) under Article 32 of the Constitution.