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New Delhi: A day after Haryana and Punjab High Court quashed a 2020 Haryana government law providing 75 percent reservation in private sector jobs to locals, senior Congress leader Manish Tewari on Saturday said that it is in keeping with the “spirit of the Constitution” and that the Division bench upheld the essence of Constitutionalism that equality is the rule and reservation an exception.
In a post on X, Tewari, who is also a Lok Sabha MP said, “The decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court striking down the illegal, arbitrary and capricious legislation – Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act 2020 is in keeping with the spirit of the Constitution.”
The Congress leader said, “The Division bench of Justice Sandhawalia and Jeewan have upheld the essence of Constitutionalism that equality is the rule and reservation the exception.”
“In fact, all reservations in excess of the Golden Mean of 5O percent laid down by 9 Judges in Re Indra Sawhney are violative of the Constitution. Great nations cannot be built by giving the principles of Equality and merit a complete pass,” he said.
“The nine Judges bench in Indra Sawhney had rightly balanced competing equities to evolve the rule of 50 per cent. The Constitutional Courts should not allow this sacrosanct principle to be violated under any circumstances in the name of Mission Creep,” Tewari added. His remarks came a day after the verdict was pronounced by Justices Sandhawalia and Harpreet Kaur Jeewan.
