Enter search text:PIL challenges delay in women’s quota Act, seeks rollout before 2029 electionsPTILast Updated: Jul 18, 2026, 12:35:00 AM ISTSynopsisThe Supreme Court has sought the Centre’s response on a PIL seeking implementation of the Women’s Reservation Act before the 2029 Lok Sabha elections without waiting for a fresh delimitation exercise.ANISC notice on PIL seeking women’s quota implementation before 2029 pollsNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of Central government on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the implementation of the Women's Reservation Act before the 2029 Lok Sabha elections without waiting for a fresh delimitation exercise.A division bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan issued notice on the plea which argues that the reservation law should be operationalised on the basis of the 2001 or 2011 Census instead of being deferred indefinitely until a post-2026 Census and delimitation exercise.The plea states that waiting indefinitely for those processes could deprive women of the benefit of reservation even in the 2029 general elections.Read More News on
PIL challenges delay in women’s quota Act, seeks rollout before 2029 elections
The Supreme Court has sought the Centres response on a PIL seeking implementation of the Womens Reservation Act before the 2029 Lok Sabha elections without waiting for a fresh delimitation exercise.






