NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JAN 7
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the resumption of counselling for NEET-PG and UG courses for the academic session of 2021-2022 as per existing reservation norms.
Great victory for the DMK @arivalayam and our Hon. CM @mkstalin who led the fight to obtain #OBCreservation in #NEET Humbled to have been trusted with the task of fighting the legal battle. After losing 4k seats every year, OBC community across the nation gets social justice! https://t.co/xmI08mCziP
— P. Wilson (@PWilsonDMK) January 7, 2022
The apex court upheld the 27 percent Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota. As far as 10 percent quote for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category is concerned, the SC said for this year the criteria laid down in January 2019 will be followed.
Grateful to the Hon'ble SC Bench for a marathon hearing on an important Constitutional issue of OBC reservations in #NEET. The Hon'ble Judges gave a patient hearing to all ld. counsels, conscious of the importance of the issue. #SupremeCourt #Reservation #OBCreservation #OBC https://t.co/OMsWGstjki
— P. Wilson (@PWilsonDMK) January 7, 2022
The court decided to examine the validity of the EWS criteria as laid down by the Pandey Committee and listed the batch of petitions for hearing in the third week of March. While reserving its order on Thursday, the court said the counselling needed to commence in the larger interest of the nation.
“The Governor is sitting over scrapping of #NEET Bill passed byTN legislature”I said while moving SpecialMention before the Parliament.
I asked the LawMinister to bring constitutional amendment to fix time line for the Governors to decide on theBills passed by StateLegislatures pic.twitter.com/JUw42H6Q8d— P. Wilson (@PWilsonDMK) December 21, 2021
As part of its submissions, the Centre told the Supreme Court that the introduction of OBC and EWS reservations after the issuance of NEET-PG exam notification does not amount to “changing the rules of the game” midway.
Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, told a bench of justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna that the submission that OBC reservation is unconstitutional is legally unsustainable.
Massive protests by resident doctors of government hospitals were witnessed across several parts of the country in recent days over the delay in the counselling process.
