The Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking mandatory rotation of SC and ST reserved seats in Parliament and state assemblies, holding that the matter falls within legislative domain.
A bench led by CJI Surya Kant upheld Section 9(1)(c) of the Delimitation Act, 2002, noting that the law requires identifying reserved constituencies in areas with a high proportion of SC and ST residents without mandating periodic rotation.
The court allowed the petitioner to approach public representatives to build consensus for introducing a rotation principle through legislation.