{"id":143827,"date":"2024-11-20T19:40:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=143827"},"modified":"2024-11-21T13:34:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T08:04:13","slug":"sc-questions-delay-in-delimitation","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/sc-questions-delay-in-delimitation","title":{"rendered":"SC Questions Delay In Delimitation For Northeastern States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme Court inquired about the delay in the delimitation process for<\/span><b> Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, and Nagaland<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after the<\/span><b> 2020 Presidential order<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rescinding the <\/span><b>deferral notification.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Key Highlights of the Case<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Judicial Observations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: SC emphasised the need to initiate the process immediately after the deferment was withdrawn.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chief Justice of India (CJI) stated that delimitation is a<\/span><b> statutory obligation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, requiring compliance once the notification is revoked.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Petitioners\u2019 Stand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The<\/span><b> Delimitation Demand Committee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> filed a plea urging the court to intervene and ensure delimitation in the four northeastern states given that\u00a0 the deferment had already been lifted by the <\/span><b>President.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Election Commission\u2019s Position<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Election Commission of India (ECI), argued that delimitation could proceed only upon the Centre&#8217;s directive.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The court questioned this stance, asserting that the<\/span><b> President\u2019s withdrawal of deferment suffices to commence delimitation.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Centre\u2019s View<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0 Cited unfavourable conditions in Manipur and ongoing discussions for other states.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme Court directed updates on progress during the next hearing in January 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Course<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>About Delimitation<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delimitation is the act of <\/span><b>redrawing boundaries of Lok Sabha and state Assembly seats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to represent changes in population.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.498%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: rgba(184, 165, 217, 0.53); text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\"><b>About Delimitation Commission<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">It is an independent body to carry out delimitation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">It works in collaboration with the Election Commission of India without any executive influence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Appointed by:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the President of India under provisions of the Delimitation Commission Act.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Composition:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A retired Supreme Court judge, the Chief Election Commissioner of India and respective State Election Commissioners.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Constitutional provisions: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Commission\u2019s orders are final and cannot be questioned before any court as it would hold up an election indefinitely.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main objective of delimitation is to provide equal representation to equal segments of a population.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delimitation of constituencies is periodically carried out to reflect not only an increase in population but changes in its distribution.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Process of Delimitation<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Article 82:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Parliament is to enact a <\/span><b>Delimitation Act<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after every Census. Once the Act is in force, the Union government sets up the <\/span><b>Delimitation Commission.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Article 170: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">States also get divided into <\/span><b>territorial constituencies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as per Delimitation Act after every Census.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Commission is supposed to<\/span><b> determine the number and boundaries of constituencies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a way that the population of all seats, so far as practicable, is the same.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Commission is also tasked with<\/span><b> identifying seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.pw.live\/govt-entrance-exams\/upsc-books?utm_source=SEO&#038;utm_medium=PW+Live&#038;utm_campaign=UPSC+CSE+Books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check Out UPSC CSE Books From PW Store<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Previous delimitation exercises<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delimitation Commissions have been set up four times \u2014 1952, 1963, 1973 and 2002 under the Acts of 1952, 1962, 1972 and 2002.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was no delimitation after the 1981, 1991 and 2001 Censuses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the 2002 Act did not make any changes in total Lok Sabha seats or their apportionment between various states.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also<\/span><b> left out<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a few states including<\/span><b> Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the exercise due to security risks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The central government reconstituted the Delimitation Commission for these <\/span><b>four states as well as the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in 2020.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.043%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 130.811%; 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