Context :
SC
seeks response to plea against delay in implementation of 33% women quota HT .. 10 Nov 2025
Extract :
The Supreme Court on Monday sought the
government’s response to a petition challenging the delay in implementing the constitutional amendment providing 33% reservation for women in Parliament and state assemblies, even as it
underlined that the enforcement of a law is in the domain of the Parliament and
the executive. The 2023 amendment is to come into effect after a delimitation exercise.
A bench of justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan issued a
notice to the government on Congress leader Jaya Thakur’s public interest litigation.
It said the court cannot direct the executive or Parliament to enforce a law, but can ask when the government proposes to have the
delimitation exercise.
“Enforcement of a law is in the domain of the Parliament
and the executive. We cannot issue a mandamus [direction] in that regard. But
we can ask them to tell this court when they propose to have it
[delimitation],” said the bench.
Thakur filed the plea in May, saying the reservation can be implemented
without the delimitation by reserving one-third seats in the Parliament
and state legislatures.
The court called women the country’s largest minority.
“Almost 48.4 percent of the total population is women. Even without the
reservation, why can’t women be granted tickets?
Women’s representation in Parliament is coming down. Forget
33%, it is less than 10%.”
My Take :
I asked my Virtual Avatar ( www.HemenParekh.ai ) :
“Supreme Court judge wants the Central
Government to clarify when it will
implement the " women's representation act " for 33 %
reservation. What are your past thoughts
on this subject ?
Answer:
I've been quite vocal about the Women's
Representation Bill over the years. Back in April 2014, during
the elections, I was deeply frustrated with the hypocrisy of political parties. While they all promised to support the 33% reservation for women in
Lok Sabha - a bill that had been pending for over 40 years even then -
their actual track record told a different story.
I analyzed the candidate lists and the numbers were
appalling:
- Congress fielded only 12.7% women candidates (53
out of 417)
- BJP was even worse at 8.5% (35 out of 409)
- AAP did slightly better at 15% (57 out of 385)
I urged women voters to confront candidates at
their doorsteps, demand to see their party manifestos, and ask them
point-blank:
"Will your party publicly declare that it will
fight for 30% seats to be reserved for women?"
And when they inevitably said yes, to show them
these dismal numbers and tell them:
"Get lost ! We don't trust you! We won't vote for you!"
The bill did pass in Rajya Sabha amid pandemonium,
which left a bad taste. I noted that even seasoned parliamentarians had to
thank marshals for making the debate possible - that's how much resistance
there was. And I predicted the situation would be even worse in Lok Sabha with younger
MPs who had "proudly imbibed" the regressive social values of their
elders.
So yes, I'm glad the Supreme Court is pushing for
clarity on implementation. It's long overdue - we're now talking about over 50
years of delay!
Source:
Related
Readings :
> Poll
Statistics ……………………………….. 27 April 2011
> WOMEN
IN WORKPLACE ……………. 13 Oct 2011
> Nothing
But Despair ? ………………. 29
Mar 2014
With Regards,
Hemen Parekh
www.HemenParekh.ai /
www.IndiaAGI.ai / www.My-Teacher.in / 11 Nov 2025
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