AIIMS quota: Parl to amend SC ruling
16 Aug 2013 4:44 AM IST
Amid demands from various parties, government on Wednesday said in Lok Sabha that it would consider bringing a constitutional amendment in the current session of Parliament to annul a Supreme Court order against reservation for faculty in superspecialty section in AIIMS.
Speaker Meira Kumar set aside the agenda for Question Hour. Most parties suggested the government should bring a constitutional amendment without delay. Law minister Kapil Sibal, however, maintained that the government would file a review petition on the coming Monday in the Supreme Court seeking revocation of the order against reservation in AIIMS for higher faculty.
Sibal said if the order was not annulled, the government would bring a constitutional amendment in Parliament.
This agitated the members who demanded that the government should bring a constitutional amendment at the earliest. DMK members, led by
T R Baalu, trooped into the Well to press for their demand, while members from almost all parties were on their feet in protest.
Sibal said, ‘Our party has always supported reservations. This right was given by Congress. You all did not give it. On this issue we have taken the initiative.’ As the din continued, the Speaker asked the members to go back to their seats. ‘The whole House is very agitated over this issue and my suggestion to the government side is that it should think of a constitutional amendment,’ said Kumar. Parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath failed to pacify the members. ‘No doubt the House is united on this issue. We will bring a constitutional amendment,’ he said.
Speaker Meira Kumar set aside the agenda for Question Hour. Most parties suggested the government should bring a constitutional amendment without delay. Law minister Kapil Sibal, however, maintained that the government would file a review petition on the coming Monday in the Supreme Court seeking revocation of the order against reservation in AIIMS for higher faculty.
Sibal said if the order was not annulled, the government would bring a constitutional amendment in Parliament.
This agitated the members who demanded that the government should bring a constitutional amendment at the earliest. DMK members, led by
T R Baalu, trooped into the Well to press for their demand, while members from almost all parties were on their feet in protest.
Sibal said, ‘Our party has always supported reservations. This right was given by Congress. You all did not give it. On this issue we have taken the initiative.’ As the din continued, the Speaker asked the members to go back to their seats. ‘The whole House is very agitated over this issue and my suggestion to the government side is that it should think of a constitutional amendment,’ said Kumar. Parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath failed to pacify the members. ‘No doubt the House is united on this issue. We will bring a constitutional amendment,’ he said.
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