Ayushi Srivastava, LL.M, Siddhartha Law College, Dehradun
ABSTRACT
The system of reservation existed in India even before independence. reservation was put in place in the Indian constitution immediately after independence. Reservation is not a mere allocation of a few seats or a percentage quota for the socially educationally and economically backward classes. It is constitutional support to those who are deprived of adequate opportunity and equal treatment from the rest of society for centuries. Initially, reservation in India was given to those who are socially and educationally backward, schedule cast and schedule tribe under the constitution of India.
As Reservation has been a topic of debate for ages. The latest entry to the subject of the reservation is the ten percent quota on an economic basis introduced by the one hundred and third constitutional amendment act. The parliament amended the constitution of India and brought about the one hundred and third (103rd) amendment in the constitution on 9th January, 2019 which was concerned with extending the reservation in the educational institutions and employment opportunities to economically weaker sections of the society by amending Articles 15 and 16 of the constitution and inserting 15(6) and 16(6) respectively.
