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A BENCH HEADED BY JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD AND A.S. BOPANNA UPHELD THE CONSTITUTIONAL VALIDITY OF 27 PER CENT RESERVATION FOR OBC AND 10 PER CENT EWS FOR THE NEET-UG AND NEET-PG, BUT THE TOP COURT ADDED THAT IT WOULD DECIDE ON THE RATIONALE OF CRITERIA OF RS 8 LAKH INCOME FOR EWS CATEGORY IN MARCH THIS YEAR (WHICH WILL BE APPLICABLE FOR NEXT YEAR).

NEW DELHI, JAN 7: THE SUPREME COURT ON FRIDAY CLEARED THE DECKS FOR POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL COUNSELLING AND ADMISSIONS, INCLUDING THE OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES (OBC) AND ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTIONS (EWS) RESERVATIONS FOR THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR, 2021-22.

A BENCH HEADED BY JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD AND A.S. BOPANNA UPHELD THE CONSTITUTIONAL VALIDITY OF 27 PER CENT RESERVATION FOR OBC AND 10 PER CENT EWS FOR THE NEET-UG AND NEET-PG. HOWEVER, THE TOP COURT ADDED THAT IT WOULD DECIDE ON THE RATIONALE OF CRITERIA OF RS 8 LAKH INCOME FOR EWS CATEGORY IN MARCH THIS YEAR.

ON THURSDAY, AFTER CONDUCTING A DAY-LONG HEARING ON PETITIONS CHALLENGING THE VALIDITY OF EWS QUOTA IN POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL ADMISSIONS AND THE CENTRE'S ARGUMENT FAVOURING THE QUOTA, THE COURT SAID THERE IS A SITUATION, WHERE IN NATIONAL INTEREST, THE COUNSELLING HAS TO BEGIN, WHICH WAS ALSO A KEY DEMAND OF PROTESTING RESIDENT DOCTORS.
A BENCH COMPRISING JUSTICES D.Y. CHANDRACHUD AND A.S. BOPANNA SAID: "WE ARE IN A SITUATION, WHERE IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST THE COUNSELLING HAS TO BEGIN."
SOLICITOR GENERAL TUSHAR MEHTA, REPRESENTING THE CENTRE, ARGUED THAT ALL CANDIDATES ELIGIBLE FOR THE EWS QUOTA, AS PER EXISTING CRITERIA, HAVE GOT THEIR CERTIFICATES FOR REGISTRATION AND ADDED THAT SEATS IN ALL THE GOVERNMENT COLLEGES HAVE BEEN INCREASED TO ACCOMMODATE THE EWS QUOTA.
"SO, THIS WILL NOT HARM THE CHANCES OF GENERAL CATEGORY STUDENTS...", HE ADDED.

MEHTA ALSO CLARIFIED THAT SUPER-SPECIALITY COURSES HAVE NO RESERVATION AND NONE OF THE JUDGMENTS REMOTELY SUGGESTS THAT THERE CANNOT BE RESERVATION IN PG COURSES. ON THE ASPECT OF THE EWS QUOTA, HE SAID THERE WAS A STUDY, APPLICATION OF MIND, AND WIDE CONSULTATION WHEN THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO FIX THE RS 8 LAKH INCOME LIMIT.