CONSTITUTIONAL SCRUTINY OF THE 103rd AMENDMENT: EXAMINING EWS RESERVATION AND THE BASIC STRUCTURE DOCTRINE
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103rd Constitutional Amendment, EWS Reservation, Economic Backwardness, Reservation Policy.Abstract
The 103rd Constitutional Amendment introduced a 10% reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) among the general category, excluding Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs). This move sparked debates over whether economic criteria alone could justify reservations and whether the exclusion of traditionally marginalized
groups was constitutional.
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C. Hopkins, "Structure and Change in Indian Society, Routledge.
Dr, DD Basu, Introduction to the Constitution of India, 19th Ed. Reprint 2004, Wadhwa Nagpur.
Dr Subhas C. Kashyap, Constitution of India, Review & Reassessment, Universal Publication
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