The Supreme Court today 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 percent reservation for OBC and 10 per cent EWS for the NEET-UG and NEETPG. 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.
Petitioners in the matter had challenged the 29th of July notification of the Medical Counseling Committee (MCC) providing 27 percent reservation for OBCs and 10 percent for the EWS category in the NEET-UG and PG (All India Quota).
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