NEW DELHI, Sept. 15 -- Giving 10% reservation to the economically weaker section (EWS) among forward castes in jobs and education is an affront to the Constitution as it divides society into the economically weak and the backward, petitioners arguing against the quota told the SC on Wednesday. With a five-judge Constitution Bench examining the constitutional validity of the law introduced by the 103rd Constitution (Amendment) Act in January 2019, senior advocate Ravivarma Kumar appearing for some of the petitioners opposing the law said such reservation to an unidentified class of population fails to achieve the goal of a casteless society. Making his submissions on the second day of the hearing on the issue, Kumar said, "Just because I am born as a scheduled caste, scheduled tribe or other backward class, I am being disqualified from being considered as EWS. The 10% quota condemns me to the caste I am born. There are people who have stopped identifying themselves with their birthmarks. Such people are denied the fundamental right of equal opportunity under Article 19 and my right not to be associated with a particular caste under Article 19."htc...