Supreme Court

The Supreme Court announced judgement over a petition, filed against OBC/EWS reservation.  On January 20, the Top Court allowed 27% reservation by Central Government for OBC/EWS for medical institutions admission. The SC bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud said, "Reservation is not at odds with merit but furthers the distributive consequences of social justice." Furthermore, SC bench said criteria to determine EWS quota will be heard in March… read-more

Hearing a petition filed by Gaurav Bansal, a lawyer, the Supreme Court on January 18, summoned chief secretaries of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. Notably, the two state governments failed to provide ex-gratia to COVID-19 victims' families. "They are not above the law," said Apex Court bench headed by Justice MR Shah. The chief secretaries were asked to be present before the Apex Court at 2 pm, through video conferencing. 

The Supreme Court reviewed PM Modi's security breach issue on January 10. During the hearing over recent security lapses on PM Modi's Punjab visit, the SC bench, led by CJI NV Ramana, agreed for a probe and ordered to form a Court-monitored independent committee, headed by former SC Judge to probe the issue. In addition, the Court also asked Central and State Government to dismiss their respective investigations. 

The Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, on January 9, announced NEET-PG Counselling from January 12. "NEEG-PG Counselling is being started by MCC from January 12, following the orders of hon'ble Supreme Court," said Mandaviya in a tweet. Notably, SC ordered to conduct NEET-PG Counselling soon, after hearing a plea of FRDA over the delay. The counselling will include 27% OBC and 10% EWS reservations in India. 

The Supreme Court on January 7, has allowed the resumption of the NEET-PG 2021-2022 counseling process of admission. The Apex Court allowed 27% quota for Other Backward Classes and 10% for Economically Weaker Section, said bench led by Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna. They also accepted the income cut-off of Rs 8 lakh for the EWS quota as per the recommendation of Ajay Bhushan Pandey.