SC order on reservation in AIIMS gets flak in Lok Sabha

New Delhi: The recent Supreme Court judgement on reservation came in for criticism in Lok Sabha with members claiming that it would hit hard 80 percent population of the country comprising SC, ST and backwards. The judgement disallowing reservation in promotion in the faculty of AIIMS also saw members expressing concern over the erosion of Parliament’s supremacy and demanding urgent amendment to the Constitution to annul the apex court verdict. [caption id=“attachment_1010581” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav lamented that courts have been repeatedly striking down legislations which are meant to benefit weaker sections. PTI[/caption] Raising the issue during Zero Hour, JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav lamented that the courts have been repeatedly striking down legislations which are meant to benefit weaker sections. He said while the judiciary was doing good work in exposing corruption, it was negating the laws unanimously passed by all parties on social issues like reservation. “They always do something so that Parliament does not run,” Yadav said regretting that the Constitution Bench had passed the order on the last day of the tenure of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, who retired recently. The matter of concern was that this apex court order was not just applicable to the AIIMS but on all such institutions. “Reservation is a hard-earned achievement of the people after a long struggle. Some way should be found by the government to restore the rights of 80 percent of the people of the country,” Yadav said. Seconding the JD(U) leader, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav sought to know whether the people of weaker sections were “only meant to sweep the floors or be a chaprasi or a chowkidar.” He said there were only two percent people in high posts among the backward classes, who constitute 54 percent of the population. The Samajwadi Party chief also warned of nationwide protests if the government did nothing to annul the Supreme Court order. PTI