Supreme Court has given its verdict on NEET-PG counselling 2021
OBC and EWS reservation to continue in PG admissions: Supreme Court
Approval to implement the recommendations of the Pandey committee from next year
New Delhi|HL
The Supreme Court has upheld the EWS and OBC reservation in Postgraduate Medical Admission (PG Admission). A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna delivered the verdict on Friday. The court said that it has upheld the validity of OBC. The existing criteria have also been maintained in EWS so that admissions for this academic session do not face any problem. The court said that it allows implementation of the Pandey committee’s recommendations from next year. The bench decided to hold the final hearing on the petition in the third week of March. Then
The decision was reserved :
The court had reserved the verdict on Thursday after hearing the parties in the matter. The petitions challenged the 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and 10 per cent reservation for EWS in all India quota seats for postgraduate medical courses. Of the candidates selected through NEET, 15 percent seats in MBBS and 50 percent seats in MS and MD courses are filled through All India Quota..
Center had sought permission to start counselling
During the hearing on Thursday, the central government said that counselling should be allowed to start. At the same time, the petitioners opposed the quota. The petitioner opposed the criterion of Rs 8 lakh for EWS category and said that an alternative limit of Rs 2.5 lakh can be fixed.
Center say in the court:
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the central government, argued that 27 per cent OBC quota and 10 per cent reservation for EWS are being given in central universities. It is applicable from January 2019. The same quota is being given in UPSC as well. In this case, there is no loss of seats for the general category, but the number of seats has been increased by 25 percent. There is no restriction for reservation in PG course.
Federation of Doctors Association Welcomes the decision:
After the judgement, Dr.Manish -President of the Federation of Doctors Association thanked all the residents, doctors community, media, Union Health Ministry and Hon’ble Supreme Court. In his media statement which is shared through video, he said this verdict comes at times when our country is facing a pandemic and a huge number of cases of corona are increasing day by day. We need more staff to treat the patients and after this decision, it will help us.So we are thankful to government and welcome the judgement .
देश में कोरोना के बढ़ते मामलों के समय माननीय सुप्रीम कोर्ट द्वारा NEET PG कॉउंसेलिंग के निर्णय का हम स्वागत करते है ,साथ ही रेसिडेंट व सभी डॉक्टरों एवं स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय का धन्यवाद करते है- डॉ मनीष, प्रेसिडेंट FORDA @FordaIndia @MoHFW_INDIA #neetpg2021counselling pic.twitter.com/QclG6qUuQf
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