: Unfair that Tamil Nadu’s Lok Sabha seats were cut as state controlled population growth: Madras HC #IndiaNEWS The Madras High Court has observed that it was “unreasonable and unfair� that the

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Unfair that Tamil Nadu’s Lok Sabha seats were cut as state controlled population growth: Madras HC #IndiaNEWS
The Madras High Court has observed that it was “unreasonable and unfair� that the political representation of Tamil Nadu in the Lok Sabha was brought down in 1967 because the state reduced its population by carrying out family planning measures, reported Bar and Bench on Saturday. “Can successful implementation of family planning programmes of the central government be put against the people of the state by taking away political representations in the Parliament,� a bench of Justices N Kirubakaran and B Pugalendhi said in an order passed on August 17.The court was hearing a plea seeking the de-reservation of Tenkasi Parliamentary constituency, reported The Times of India. For more than 50 years, Tenkasi has remained a reserved constituency, meaning that the seat is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. The bench noted that Tamil Nadu had 41 representatives in the Lok Sabha until 1962. However, the representation was reduced to 39 due to a decline in population after a delimitation exercise was conducted ahead of the 1967 General Assembly elections.The High Court said that the states facing loss of political representation should be compensated either financially or by increasing their representation in the Rajya Sabha. It proposed a compensation of Rs 5,600 crores, calculating the loss...Read more

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