“Having perused the review petitions, there is no error apparent on the face of the record. No case for review under Order XLVII Rule 1 of the Supreme Court Rules 2013. The review petitions are, therefore, dismissed,” a five-judge bench presided by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and comprised Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi and J B Pardiwala took up the review petitions.

Last year, in November, the ruling upheld the 10% quota by a 3:2 majority.

While Justices Maheshwari, Trivedi and Pardiwala agreed that the amendment does not violate the basic structure of the Indian Constitution, the then Chief Justice of India U U Lalit (since retired) and Justice Bhat dissented.

Justices Trivedi and Pardiwala touched upon the concept of reservation as originally envisaged for a limited period and underlined the need to revisit and fine-tune it with the realities of the day. “Reservation,” said Justice Pardiwala, “should not be allowed to become a vested interest”.