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VOL. 5, ISSUE 2 (2023)
EWS reservation: A shift from caste based reservation to class based reservation
Authors
Afzal Ahmad Ansari, Vijay Kumar Rai
Abstract
At present, it is difficult to understand the real nature of reservation;
whether it is a Instrument of social justice, as it was intended, or just has
confined to a instrument of Politics. However the nature of reservation has
remain a subject of intense debate or contest among academicians and
intellectuals since its inception. After the Implementation of 10 per cent
reservation for EWS (Economically Weaker Section) Through 103rd
Constitutional Amendment Act 2019, the debate over the nature of reservation
get more intensified and vociferous. Scholars and academicians started calling
this changing nature of reservation from caste based to class based as a ‘Paradigm
Shift’¹ or a watershed moment in Indian reservation system. This paper seeks to
analyses and discuss the changing nature of reservation system in the special
context of 103rdConstitutional Amendment Act and the concerns
associated with legality and constitutionality of the EWS reservation. And
also, how judiciary has provides different opinions at different moment over
the criteria and base of reservation.
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Pages:30-34
How to cite this article:
Afzal Ahmad Ansari, Vijay Kumar Rai "EWS reservation: A shift from caste based reservation to class based reservation ". International Journal of Sociology and Political Science, Vol 5, Issue 2, 2023, Pages 30-34
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