This short essay is an analysis of the Supreme Court decision that upheld the validity of the 103rd Amendment of the Indian Constitution, which had introduced clause (6) in Articles 15 and 16. While the amendment’s validity was upheld by a 3–2 verdict, the author supports the minority decision of the two dissenting judges.
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