‘EWS quota an affront to equal society’

• Petitioners recently argued in the SC that 10% reservation of seats and jobs in government institutions and offices for EWS is an affront to the constitutional goal of an egalitarian and casteless society.

Petitioners’ arguments

• By excluding SCs, STs and OBCs from the 10% quota for EWS, the government, through its 103rd Constitutional Amendment, has condemned the members of backward classes for belonging to the religions or caste they are born into.

Prelims Takeaway

• 103rd Amendment