The Madras High Court has held that the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to provide incentive marks to in-service candidates and allowing them to apply in the open category during PG admissions is.
A doctoral candidate at the University of Hyderabad writes about how caste is structurally reinforced in India’s higher education institutes, and how authorities must address this structural injustice.
A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court stating that the ₹8 lakh cut-off for inclusion in the EWS criteria cannot be implemented for NEET PG 2022 since the EWS issue is pending before the top court.
Legal battles over reservations in medical colleges are not new in India. The Supreme Court’s recent judgement in Neil Aurelio Nunes vs Union of India is an important contribution to restoring the social justice underpinnings of reservation.
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Central government to provide 27 per cent reservation for OBC and 10 per cent to economically weaker sections (EWS) in All India quota (AIQ) seats in medical courses, saying that reservation is not at odds with the merit, rather furthers its distributive impact.