Reservations are an amoeboid monster, says HC

AHMEDABAD: Justice JB Pardiwala of Gujarat high court criticized the need of a quota system in India even after more than six decades of independence. The HC also lamented the demand for quota benefits by certain communities, “The parody of the situation is that India must be the only country wherein some of the citizens crave to be called backward,“ commented Pardiwala.
While dropping charges of waging war against state but keeping the charge of sedition intact against Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel, Jus tice Pardiwala observed further, “The biggest threats today for this country is corruption.
The countrymen should rise and fight against cor ruption at all levels rather than shedding blood and indulging in violence for the reserva tion. The reservation has only played the role of an amoeboid monster sowing seeds of discord among the people.“
The judge said that two things ­ `reservation' and corruption have destroyed the country and kept it from progressing in the right direction.“It is very shameful for any citizen of this country to ask for reservation after 65 years of independence,“ said Pardiwala, adding, “When our Constitution was framed, it was understood that reservation would remain for a period of 10 years. But unfortunately, it has continued.“