NFIW Petition to Supreme Court on Women’s Reservation - Statement by CPI

The Communist Party of India
Central Office
Ajoy Bhawan
New Delhi

New Delhi,
November 22, 2022

SC Accepts NFIW Petition on Women’s Reservation

The Supreme Court has accepted the petition moved by Annie Raja, general secretary of National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) on reservation for women and posted the case for hearing on March 3, 2023. The apex court has sent notices to the central government and ten political parties including Communist Party of India (CPI). Counsel for the petitioner is Advocate Prashant Bhushan.

It must be recalled here that the Bill for 33 per cent Reservation for Women in Parliament and legislatures was moved by the CPI MP Geeta Mukerjee in Lok Sabha in 1996. Since then CPI and NFIW have been consistently struggling to get the Bill adopted by Parliament. Though Rajya Sabha had passed the Bill, Lok Sabha is yet to take it up.

Roykutty

Office Secretary