SC on Thursday reserved its order on a petition relating to EW quota with regard to NEET-PG admission. (Representative image: PTI)
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna asked the parties to file their written submissions for consideration.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a petition relating to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota with regard to NEET-PG admission. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna asked the parties to file their written submissions for consideration.
“We have been hearing the matter for two days, we should initiate consultations in the interest of the nation,” the bench said. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the top court that he would like to clear the confusion that there has been a change in the rules. Game in the middle.
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“First of all, there is no change in the rules of the game. The governance, which is the subject of this challenge, is already in force since 2019 except for the All India Quota.” Senior advocates Arvind Datar and Shyam Diwan appeared in the court on behalf of some of the candidates.
Senior advocate P Wilson appeared for the Tamil Nadu government. The Center on Wednesday told the apex court that it would not accept the situation whereby people falling in the OBC or EWS category, whether before or after the exercise of revisiting the annual income criterion of Rs 8 lakh , having been deprived of any such thing by reason of them lawfully.
NEET-PG candidates, who have challenged the notification dated July 29, 2021 for implementation of OBC and EWS quota from the 2021-22 academic year, protested the government’s justification for implementing the income criterion of Rs 8 lakh, saying that no study has taken place. has been done on it. There were massive protests by resident doctors of various hospitals under the banner of Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) in Delhi and other parts of the country over the delay in NEET-PG counseling, which has been postponed. The pendency of the matter and the Center decided to revisit the criteria for fixation of EWS quota.
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