Top court junks plea seeking implementation of Women Reservation Bill

New Delhi, Jan 10: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking the immediate implementation of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam Bill 2023 which was passed in September 2023 in a special session of Parliament and mandated a 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and all state Assemblies, including Delhi.
A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and PB Varale remarked that the petition failed to illustrate the violation of any fundamental rights, the sole ground to entertain a writ petition filed directly before the apex court under Article 32 of the Constitution.
The constitutional amendment introduced to implement the one-third women reservation does not intend to alter the composition of the present Lok Sabha or existing Legislative Assemblies, but will apply once they are freshly constituted on completion of their respective tenure or on being dissolved for any other cause. (IANS)