The Supreme Court stated that it would face a significant challenge in striking down a portion of the women's reservation law that requires its implementation to occur after the Census. Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Bhatti, who rejected Congress leader Jaya Thakur's plea for immediate implementation of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, referred to a pending petition on the matter and scheduled a hearing for November 22. Thakur's lawyer argued that while a census may seem necessary to gather data for providing reservations to backward classes, it seemed arbitrary in the context of women's reservation. The bench acknowledged the difficulty in striking down the law and emphasized the need to address the underrepresentation of women in Parliament and state assemblies. The law, known as the 128th Constitution Bill, aims to reserve one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women, excluding the Upper House and state legislative councils. President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to the bill on September 29.