The Union Cabinet gave approval for the women's reservation bill to be presented, as announced by Union Minister Prahlad Patel on X (formerly Twitter). However, it was later observed that the Minister had removed the mentioned post from social media after this report was published. Numerous other media outlets have reported, citing undisclosed government insiders, that the cabinet has indeed granted approval for the bill.

While specific details of the bill have not been made public, there is a widespread speculation that the bill aims to establish a 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha.

Last month, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi announced a special session without disclosing the agenda. The agenda for the special session was only unveiled last week, revealing a tentative schedule of legislative matters that included eight bills. Notably, the women's reservation bill was not listed among them. Yesterday, the session commenced with a discussion on India's parliamentary history over the past 75 years. This discussion was initiated by the Prime Minister in the Lok Sabha and Union Minister Piyush Goyal in the Rajya Sabha.

Even though the women's reservation bill was not officially included in the session's agenda, multiple political parties expressed strong support for it. K Kavitha, a lawmaker from the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), sent letters to 47 political parties, urging them to come together and pass the women's reservation bill during the special Parliament session. Additionally, various political parties reportedly advocated for the bill's reintroduction during an all-party meeting held on the eve of the five-day Parliament session that began on Monday. In response to these calls, the Modi government stated that a decision on the matter would be made at an appropriate time.
In 2010, the Rajya Sabha approved the Constitution (One Hundred and Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2008, commonly known as the 'women's reservation bill.' This bill aimed to reserve one-third of all seats for women in both the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament) and state assemblies. However, despite its passage in the Rajya Sabha, the bill lapsed as it was not presented to the Lok Sabha and was not reintroduced in the lower house of Parliament after the dissolution of the previous Lok Sabha.
The Supreme Court is currently hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition filed by the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW), which is seeking the reintroduction of the Constitution (One Hundred and Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2008. The NFIW has argued that the bill and its objectives enjoy widespread support from all major political parties, as evidenced by these parties' inclusion of the promise to pass the women's reservation bill in their manifestoes. The petitioner contends that the government should not be allowed to indefinitely delay a bill that has already been passed by the Rajya Sabha and has the backing of a majority of mainstream political parties, using the pretext of further consideration and the need for consensus among political parties.
Last month, a bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna questioned the central government about its unwillingness to submit a response to this plea. The court also indicated that it would issue an order during the next hearing while staying within the boundaries of permissible judicial intervention.