Supreme Court has a big comment about reservation in PG Medical Domisyl
New Delhi:
The Supreme Court has given a major verdict after hearing on Domicile based reservation in PG medical seats. A bench of Supreme Court Justice Rishikesh Roy, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice SVN Bhatti have said that it is completely unacceptable. He said that it is also unconstitutional due to violating the right to equality. He said that this reservation clearly violates the right to equality under Article 14 of the Constitution.
What did the bench say during the hearing
During the hearing of the case, the bench clearly stated that providing domicile based reservation in admission in PG medical courses within the state quota is constitutionally unacceptable. The panel of judges said that the seats of the state quota are to be filled on merit basis in the NEET exam. In such a situation, she is repeating the old orders
Justice Dhulia read the decision and said that we are all residents of India. There is nothing like provincial or state domicile. We have the right to choose a residence anywhere in India and do business and business anywhere in the country. The constitution also gives us the right to choose admission in educational institutions across India.
The benefit of reservation in educational institutions including medical colleges can only be given to a certain degree in MBBS courses to those living in a particular state. But given the importance of specialist doctors in PG medical courses, reservation in higher levels will be a violation of Article 14 of the Constitution on the basis of residence. However, the bench clarified that this decision would not affect the already given Domicile reservation, who are doing PG courses and those who are already near such residence category will not be affected.
