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Justice Eswaraiah urged the court to declare the 103rd amendment Act 2019 that brought in 10% quota on January 12, 2019 as unconstitutional. The Centre has never implemented the 27% reservations to BCs in education and employment sectors, he said. Constitution has not provided any provisions for the economically weak among the upper castes, he said.“This goes against the judgement of the Supreme Court in Indra Sawhney case,” he said. Discrimination in the name of caste, social backwardness, and lack of access to public resources are the key areas that will define backwardness, he said. “Let that be made public first to know who stands where,” he said..