New Delhi: It was in September 2023 that the 33% women’s quota in Parliament and state Assemblies became law after the President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to the Constitution (106th Amendment) Bill.

The bill, also known as the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, will however be implemented after the next Census and a subsequent delimitation exercise. ADVERTISEMENT

On Monday, the Supreme Court sought the Central government’s response to a PIL by Congress leader Jaya Thakur challenging the delay in implementing the women’s reservation constitutional amendment.

A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan 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 th

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