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