TOTAL RESERVATION BASED ON THE CASTE -RECORDS HAVE GONE TO 59.50 PERCENT INSTEAD OF THE FIFTY ,AS THE SUPREME COURT DISMISSED THE REVIEW PETITIONS.

The Supreme court turned down a plea to review its November 2022 verdict by which it had upheld validity of the 103rd constitutional amendment to carve out ten percent reservation for Economically weaker sections of the society from unreserved class for admission in the educational institutions and the government jobs by holding the fifty percent cap on quota is not inviolable and affirmative action on economic basis may go a long way in eradicating caste based reservation.A five judges bench said that there was no error in the judgement which could be re-examined and dismissed a batch of the review petitions filed by the different parties, including the Tamilnadu government.Having perused the review petitions , there is no error apparent on the face of the record .No case for review under order XLVII Rule 1 of the Supreme court Rules 2013 .The review petitions are , therefore, dismissed.The total reservation after this verdict has been gone to 59.50 percent in the central institutions .