The Supreme Court on Monday decided to finalize the petitions challenging the applicability of Rs. Listed in April.
Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Surya Kant said, “We will hear these matters in the month of April for final disposal.” Now we have to hear the matter and everything is in law. The parties concerned will file their detailed written submissions. We have retained the 27 per cent Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation and now we will restrict ourselves to EWS criteria only. At the beginning of the hearing, senior advocate Arvind Datar, appearing for MBBS doctors, said the examination would be held in May and the results would be declared after that.
He said, ‘Please hear this soon. Only the issue of EWS remains. If something needs to be filed on behalf of the government then it should be filed in advance to avoid any adjournment. The arguments in the case have been completed.
On February 14, the court had refused to entertain a plea seeking clarification on the implementation of the income criterion of Rs 8 lakh for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in NEET-PG 2022-23, saying it would The matter is being heard and whatever he decides will be implemented. The court, in its January 20 order, had held that merit cannot be limited to narrow definitions of performance in an open competitive examination, which provides only formal equality of opportunity. Along with this, the Supreme Court had upheld the system of 27 percent reservation for OBCs in All India Quota (AIQ) seats in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for UG and PG medical courses.