Govt plan to expand Lok Sabha to 816 MPs may hit constitutional hurdles: What are they?

Link-https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/womens-quota-why-govt-run-into-hurdles-expand-lok-sabha-same-states-heft-10600104/ The current freeze on delimitation is a result of two constitutional amendments, one in 1976 and the other in 2001..

Doing away with “one-person, one-vote, one-value” principle by amending Article 81 (2) (a) could face legal challenge on the ground of violation of the right to equality, and thereby basic structure of the Constitution. While the BJP-led NDA government has suggested an increase in the number of the Lok Sabha constituencies, maintaining the existing proportion among states, as well as the Assembly seats on the basis of the 2011 Census, and not the current Census, in a bid to implement the Women’s Reservation Act, its proposed move is likely to face various legal and constitutional challenges. The government has mooted the proposal during its talks with some Opposition parties and NDA allies as part of its attempt to evolve a consensus for implementation of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam or Women’s Reservation Act, 2023, which provides for 33% quota for women in the Lok Sabha and the state Assemblies.

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