Mumbai, April 6 -- Geetanjali Mehlwal, the advocate of the Supreme Court of India, called the proposition of the Women's Reservation Bill a "historic" step by the government.

In an interview with ANI, Mehlwal said that India has taken a historic step by scheduling a discussion and implementation of the Women's Reservation Amendment Bill in the special session at the parliament scheduled from April 16 to 18.

"It is a very historic step, because in the whole world, although there are only about 10 countries that are able to think like us, and are able to give women 33% reservation in their parliament. So this is a very big thing. I agree that it is very important, because in Lok Sabha, the representation of women is not just 15%. Today's ...