'15% Seats Reserved For Non-Locals': Telangana High Court Dismisses Pleas Challenging 100% Domicile Reservation In State Medical Colleges
1 year, 6 months ago

'15% Seats Reserved For Non-Locals': Telangana High Court Dismisses Pleas Challenging 100% Domicile Reservation In State Medical Colleges

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court on Monday dismissed a batch of petitions challenging the State's decision to reserve 100% seats in MBBS and BDS admissions under the 'Competent Authority Quota' for locals in 36 state colleges established after June 2, 2014. the instant case is not a case of 100% reservation as only 85% of competent authority quota seats in respect of educational institutions which have been set up after formation of the State, i.e., 02.06.2014 had been reserved for the candidates of State of Telangana." "The quota of 85% of competent authority quota seats and of 15% of competent authority quota seats for admission to MBBS/BDS courses is maintained, even after amendment of the 2017 Rules as on 02.06.2014.After the amendment, 85% of competent authority quota seats had been reserved for local candidates, whereas candidates of remaining States of the country can seek admission in MBBS/BDS course in respect of 15% quota." Prasad clarified that the amendment reserved only 85% of competent authority quota seats for the local candidates of the State of Telangana and that the remaining 15% was open to candidates from all over India, including from Andhra Pradesh. "85% of competent authority quota seats alone had been reserved for local candidates for the State of Telangana in respect of institutions set up after formation of the State i.e., 02.06.2014 and it is permissible for the students of other States including the State of Andhra Pradesh to participate in 15% of competent authority quota seats, it is directed that the aforesaid provision, if not already made, shall be made in the seat matrix notified by the University."

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DC Edit | Will Telangana Quota Law Stand?
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2 days, 14 hours ago

DC Edit | Will Telangana Quota Law Stand?

Deccan Chronicle  

The Telangana Legislative Assembly has passed the Telangana Backward Classes Bill, 2025, to increase reservation for Backward Classes in education, employment, and local bodies to 42 per cent from 29 per cent. Though there are states like Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh, where the total reservation extended in the state has already touched 69 per cent, the Telangana reservation law is …

Scheduled Castes to be divided into three groups to implement 15% reservation
3 days, 21 hours ago

Scheduled Castes to be divided into three groups to implement 15% reservation

The Hindu  

Reservations for the Scheduled Castes will forthwith be made on the basis of three major groups within the community identified by the Telangana Government. The Bill follows the Supreme Court’s direction permitting sub-classification within Scheduled Castes reserved categories,followingpersistent demands and representations from various sections among them. The Bill said that in order to eliminate inequalities in status, facilities and opportunities …

Telangana’s SC Subclassification: Justice for Dalits or a New Inequality?
1 week, 3 days ago

Telangana’s SC Subclassification: Justice for Dalits or a New Inequality?

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 10, 2025 17:58 IST - 6 MINS READ Following the Supreme Court’s validation last year of subclassifications within the SC and ST categories, the Telangana government, led by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, appointed a single-member judicial commission in November 2024. Headed by the retired Justice Shameem Akhtar, it was tasked with assessing intragroup disparities among various castes …

AP to revise local, non-local reservation policy in higher education
2 weeks, 4 days ago

AP to revise local, non-local reservation policy in higher education

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: The State government has decided to revise its policy regarding the implementation of local and non-local reservations for admissions in institutions of higher education, following the Telangana government’s recent order over seat allocation. Under the current system, where allocation of seats was made as per the provisions of the Undivided Andhra Pradesh era, the State was divided into three …

15% quota for non-locals scrapped in Telangana’s UG and PG programmes
2 weeks, 6 days ago

15% quota for non-locals scrapped in Telangana’s UG and PG programmes

The Hindu  

The State government on Thursday scrapped the 15% non-local quota for admissions into higher and technical education institutions, removing the existing admission quotas in all government and private aided and unaided, with the completion of 10 years of formation of State of Telangana. Notifying the amendments to admission rules for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Thursday, vide a government order, …

Telangana scraps 15% non-local quota in engineering admissions
3 weeks ago

Telangana scraps 15% non-local quota in engineering admissions

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:The Telangana government has abolished the 15 per cent non-local quota in convener quota seats for BTech programmes, ensuring that from the 2025-26 academic year, these seats will be reserved exclusively for the state students. Since the bifurcation, 85 per cent of seats in engineering colleges were reserved for local students, while 15 per cent remained open to non-local candidates, …

Only Telangana caste certificates applicable for medical PG seats, says High Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Only Telangana caste certificates applicable for medical PG seats, says High Court

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court has upheld Telangana’s decision regarding reservations in postgraduate medical admissions, ruling that the state has the authority to determine reservation policies in its notification for filling medical PG seats. The notification mandated that candidates applying under Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Backward Class categories must submit the latest social status certificate issued by the Telangana …

Telangana to hike BC reservations to 42 per cent
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Telangana to hike BC reservations to 42 per cent

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The state government is set to allocate 42% of the seats in local bodies, education and employment for Backward Classes, and also enhance reservations for SCs and STs, taking the total reservations for various sections to around 66-67%. A highly placed source confided to TNIE that the state government has proposed to increase reservations for BCs to 42% in …

SC Asks Telangana Assembly to Define 'Reasonable Period' for Disqualification Decisions on Defecting MLAs
1 month, 2 weeks ago

SC Asks Telangana Assembly to Define 'Reasonable Period' for Disqualification Decisions on Defecting MLAs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Supreme Court Asks Telangana Assembly to Define 'Reasonable Period' for Disqualification Decisions on Defecting MLAs A bench of Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih scheduled the matter for February 10 and instructed Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi to consult the Speaker and provide their views on what would be a reasonable timeframe. The issue began when a Single Bench of …

Tamil Nadu to file review plea after Supreme Court strikes down domicile-based reservations for PG medical courses
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu to file review plea after Supreme Court strikes down domicile-based reservations for PG medical courses

Live Mint  

agenciThe Tamil Nadu government has said it will file a review petition in the Supreme Court on the domicile-based reservation for post-graduate medical courses. A three-judge bench comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia, and SVN Bhatti said that state quota seats must be filled based on merit in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test exam. The top court held that …

SC Verdict on PG Medical Seats a Blow to Southern States: Harish
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

SC Verdict on PG Medical Seats a Blow to Southern States: Harish

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Former health minister and senior BRS leader T. Harish Rao on Thursday expressed concern over the Supreme Court judgment of Wednesday, which said that the 50 per cent local reservation in PG medical seats was not applicable. In a statement, Harish Rao said, “Telangana has 19 MBBS seats per 100,000 population, and 2,924 PG seats in all, with 1,462 …

Tamil Nadu to Appeal Scrapping of Domicile-Based Quota
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu to Appeal Scrapping of Domicile-Based Quota

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: A revision petition would soon be filed to appeal against the Supreme Court’s contention that domicile-based reservation in PG medical seats was unconstitutional as the removal of the 50 per cent quota for students from Tamil Nadu in MD, MS and postgraduate diploma courses would deprive 1207 students of their opportunities to pursue higher education in medicine and surgery, …

SC verdict on PG medical seats will hit State students, feels Harish Rao
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

SC verdict on PG medical seats will hit State students, feels Harish Rao

The Hindu  

HYDERABAD The Bharat Rashtra Samithi has expressed concern over the immense loss likely to be caused to the students of Telangana following the Supreme Court judgement that 50% local reservation would not apply to post-graduate medical seats. Party leader and former minister for health T. Harish Rao said in a statement on Thursday that the judgement would be highly detrimental …

T.N. govt. to file review petition against SC verdict on residence-based quota in PG medical courses
1 month, 3 weeks ago

T.N. govt. to file review petition against SC verdict on residence-based quota in PG medical courses

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government will soon file a review petition against the Supreme Court ruling that residence-based reservation in postgraduate medical courses was “unconstitutionally impermissible,” after consulting legal experts, Health Minister Ma. Of this, 50% seats have been reserved for students of Tamil Nadu, benefiting nearly 1,200 students,” he said. A review petition will be filed against this ruling on …

NEET PG: SC declares domicile-based reservation unconstitutional
1 month, 3 weeks ago

NEET PG: SC declares domicile-based reservation unconstitutional

India Today  

In NEET PG, the domicile-based reservation for admissions to various medical courses under the state quota has been turned unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, which refers to the right to quality under Article 14, that guarantees equality for all. A three-judge bench, including justices Hrishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia, and SVN Bhatti, delivered a judgement striking at the practice and highlighting …

Mixed views on SC quashing down domicile quota in medical PG admissions
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mixed views on SC quashing down domicile quota in medical PG admissions

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Quashing of the domicile-based quota in postgraduate medical admissions, the Supreme Court judgement on Wednesday created ripples among medical fraternity, garnering mixed views on the issues. Some states attempted to reserve seats as domiciled quota within the state quota based on domicile of candidates, such as Haryana. The court now has called the domicile-based reservation within the state quota …

SC ruling on residence-based reservation in PG admissions against State’s rights: DASE
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

SC ruling on residence-based reservation in PG admissions against State’s rights: DASE

The Hindu  

With the Supreme Court ruling that residence-based reservation in post graduate medical admissions as unconstitutional, the Doctors Association for Social Equality has said that this was against the rights of the State and would affect the in-service reservation for government doctors in Tamil Nadu. Ravindranath, general secretary of DASE, said southern States including Tamil Nadu had a large number of …

Domicile quota scrapped: SC orders NEET merit-based admissions for PG Medical courses
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Domicile quota scrapped: SC orders NEET merit-based admissions for PG Medical courses

Live Mint  

NEET PG Admission: In a landmark ruling on January 29, the Supreme Court of India declared domicile-based reservations for postgraduate medical courses unconstitutional, stating that such practices violate Article 14 of the Constitution, which guarantees the right to equality. A three-judge bench comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia, and SVN Bhatti asserted that state quota seats must be filled solely …

Violates equality: Supreme Court cancels domicile-based PG medical quotas
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Violates equality: Supreme Court cancels domicile-based PG medical quotas

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled domicile-based reservation of seats for postgraduate medical courses, calling it unconstitutional and violative of the right to equality. A three-judge bench said admissions to PG medical courses should strictly be based on merit even though it clarified that the verdict would not affect domicile-based reservations already granted by states. "Residence-based reservation in PG medical …

Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Telangana HC Decision Which Struck Down Local Quota Criteria For PG Medical Admissions
2 months ago

Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Telangana HC Decision Which Struck Down Local Quota Criteria For PG Medical Admissions

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently refused to stay a Telangana High Court judgment which struck down amended criteria for determining 'local' status of candidates in post-graduate medical admissions.For context, the provisions struck down by the High Court included explanation clause to Rule 8 of the Telangana Medical Colleges included explanation clause to Rule 8 of the Telangana Medical Colleges Rules, 2021, …

File review petition in Supreme Court to ensure higher reservation for BCs, Telangana govt. urged
2 months ago

File review petition in Supreme Court to ensure higher reservation for BCs, Telangana govt. urged

The Hindu  

Speakers at a conference of Backward Classes intellectuals here on Friday demanded that the State government file a review petition in the Supreme Court to ensure 42% reservation for BCs in local bodies, as promised in the Kamareddy BC Declaration. Rajya Sabha member and president of the National BC Welfare Association R. Krishnaiah said the movement would intensify in stages …

Fill vacant medical seats through special conselling, convert NRI seats to general: SC to MCC
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Fill vacant medical seats through special conselling, convert NRI seats to general: SC to MCC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has directed the Medical Counselling Committee to conduct a special round of counselling to fill vacant medical seats for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test undergraduate courses while noting the acute shortage of doctors in India. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan further directed that the vacant NRI seats would also be converted into the …

Telangana High Court Quashes FIR Against Junior Civil Judges Accused Under SC/ST Act By Colleague
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana High Court Quashes FIR Against Junior Civil Judges Accused Under SC/ST Act By Colleague

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has granted relief to two Junior Civil Judges in a long pending case of 10 years, wherein they were charged under Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989. “It is pertinent to mention that respondent No.5 has lodged a complaint against the petitioners on 09.10.2015, subsequent to the report submitted by the …

Madhya Pradesh High Court Stays Filling Of NRI Quota Seats In NEET-PG 2024 Counselling Till Final Verdict Is Passed
3 months ago

Madhya Pradesh High Court Stays Filling Of NRI Quota Seats In NEET-PG 2024 Counselling Till Final Verdict Is Passed

Live Law  

In an interim order on Wednesday the Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court stayed the filling up of seats under the NRI Quota in the NEET-PG 2024 counselling, till the final judgment is passed. The division bench of Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice Anuradha Shukla observed, "Taking into consideration the fact that the matter has been heard and …

Telangana HC strikes down GO 148 on PG medical admissions
3 months ago

Telangana HC strikes down GO 148 on PG medical admissions

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J Sreenivas Rao, has allowed candidates who completed MBBS, BAMS or BHMS courses in Telangana or within the “local area” defined by the Presidential Order of 1974 to participate in counselling for local-category seats in postgraduate medical admissions for the 2024-25 academic year. The …

Telangana HC Strikes Down Local Rules for Medical PG Admissions
3 months ago

Telangana HC Strikes Down Local Rules for Medical PG Admissions

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court on Tuesday struck down a rule relating to the eligibility criteria of candidates to be treated as "local candidates" appearing for NEET-PG, which governs admission to medical colleges in the state. The rules provided that in order to be a local candidate for the postgraduate medical courses, a candidate should have …

Bombay High Court Upholds Post-Graduate Medical Admission Criteria For Domiciled Candidates Who Obtained MBBS Degree Outside Maharashtra
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Bombay High Court Upholds Post-Graduate Medical Admission Criteria For Domiciled Candidates Who Obtained MBBS Degree Outside Maharashtra

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has upheld the framework for PG medical course admission in Maharashtra which mandates domiciled candidates who obtained MBBS degree outside the State, to have secured admission to MBBS course under the All-India Quota in any Government Medical College or the All India Institute of Medical Sciences or any other Central Government Institution, to be eligible for …

Linguistic Minority Medical Colleges Bound By NMC's 50% PG-Seat Sharing Rule, Ensures Implementation Of Reservation Policies: Madras HC
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Linguistic Minority Medical Colleges Bound By NMC's 50% PG-Seat Sharing Rule, Ensures Implementation Of Reservation Policies: Madras HC

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has recently made it clear that linguistic minority self financing medical colleges are bound by the National Medical Council's 50% seat sharing rule. The court noted that though the specific seat sharing clause was not present in the 2023 Regulation, the new Regulation provided for extending reservation benefits for the deserving candidates. The court also noted …

Documents of students who got medical seats under NRI quota to be verified by embassies
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Documents of students who got medical seats under NRI quota to be verified by embassies

The Hindu  

For the first time, the Karnataka Examination Authority has decided to send the details and documents of 320 students who secured postgraduate medical seats under the Non-Resident Indian quota to the respective embassies for cross-verification. This decision comes after KEA discovered irregularities involving 21 students who secured postgraduate medical seats under the management quota in the All India Quota while …

‘Linguistic minority colleges bound by NMC’s PG education reservation rule’: Madras HC
3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Linguistic minority colleges bound by NMC’s PG education reservation rule’: Madras HC

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Madras HC has held that private linguistic minority medical colleges are bound by the provision of the Post-Graduate Medical Education Reservations, 2023 issued by the National Medical Commission and the agreements made with the government to reserve PG medical seats for the government quota as per the applicable laws of the state or union territory. The court dismissed …

Inside Telangana Caste Survey: Wary Respondents, Tired Surveyors & Privacy Fears
4 months ago

Inside Telangana Caste Survey: Wary Respondents, Tired Surveyors & Privacy Fears

The Quint  

However, the survey did not take off in the last eight months due to the Lok Sabha elections and court cases. On a Public Interest Litigation filed by R Krishnaiah, former Rajya Sabha member and leading figure of struggles by BC organisations since the Mandal Commission imbroglio, the Telangana High Court directed the state government to constitute a dedicated commission …

Court Cannot Examine Correctness Of Policy Decision Which Is Supported By Sufficient Material And Complies With Article 14: Patna High Court
4 months ago

Court Cannot Examine Correctness Of Policy Decision Which Is Supported By Sufficient Material And Complies With Article 14: Patna High Court

Live Law  

The Patna High Court has reiterated that once it is found that there exists sufficient material supporting a particular policy decision and it falls within the scope of Article 14 of the Constitution, the power of judicial review does not extend to determine the correctness of that policy decision or finding out an alternative. However, once it is found that …

High Court Sets Aside KNRUHS Barring PWD from MBBS Course
4 months, 2 weeks ago

High Court Sets Aside KNRUHS Barring PWD from MBBS Course

Deccan Chronicle  

The Telangana High Court has set aside an impugned action taken by the University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) in treating a student as ineligible under PWD (Persons With Disability) for pursuing the medical course. The court noted that the report submitted by the medical board failed to provide proper reasons as to why a particular candidate is not capable of …

Justice League: Telangana extended 10 per cent quota to EWS in med admissions, says A-G
6 months ago

Justice League: Telangana extended 10 per cent quota to EWS in med admissions, says A-G

New Indian Express  

The Telangana government has extended the 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in MBBS and postgraduate medical admissions for 2024-25, Advocate General A Sudershan Reddy informed the Telangana High Court on Friday. The extension of the EWS quota comes in response to a writ petition filed by Kamareddy MLA K Venkata Ramana Reddy challenging the state government’s alleged inaction in …

Telangana Govt Moves Supreme Court Against HC Order Diluting Local Quota Criteria For MBBS/BDS Admissions
6 months, 1 week ago

Telangana Govt Moves Supreme Court Against HC Order Diluting Local Quota Criteria For MBBS/BDS Admissions

Live Law  

The State of Telangana has moved the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Telangana High Court which held that a permanent resident of the State was not required to study in Telangana for 4 continuous years to get admission in MBBS or BDS courses in the domicile quota seats. "High Court has struck down and watered down the domicile …

Plea Against Silence on EWS Quota in Medical Seats
6 months, 1 week ago

Plea Against Silence on EWS Quota in Medical Seats

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Kamareddy BJP MLA Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy filed a petition before the Telangana High Court seeking directions to the Union and state governments to issue guidelines or amendments to GOs of rules for admissions into MBBS, BDS and PG Medical courses for the academic year 2024-25 by implementing EWS reservations. He complained that despite the communication addressed by the …

Local quota status: HC adjourns hearing on pleas of medical aspirants
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Local quota status: HC adjourns hearing on pleas of medical aspirants

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court adjourned the hearing in the batch of petitions challenging GO 33, which defines that those seeking admissions into MBBS and BDS courses must have continuously studied from standard nine to Intermediate in the state to be considered as local candidates. Advocate general A. Sudharshan Reddy, representing the state government, on Wednesday submitted that 86 out …

MP High Court Nixes Medical Aspirant's Plea For MBBS Seat Under Govt School Quota, As He Did Not Move Court In Time
6 months, 2 weeks ago

MP High Court Nixes Medical Aspirant's Plea For MBBS Seat Under Govt School Quota, As He Did Not Move Court In Time

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently dismissed plea moved by a medical aspirant seeking allotment of a seat in the MBBS course under the 5% Government School quota in the current academic session claiming that his NEET-UG 2023 score entitled him to a seat in the upcoming academic session. A division bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Binod Kumar …

Legal disputes likely over amended rule of reservation for Group I exam in Telangana
7 months ago

Legal disputes likely over amended rule of reservation for Group I exam in Telangana

The Hindu  

A Government Order with regard to application of the rule of reservations in the preliminary examination for recruitment to Group 1 services conducted by the Telangana State Public Service Commission recently could kick up a storm and lead to legal disputes. The amendment inserted in February this year goes on to tweak the application of reservations, saying that in case …

Supreme Court Says Telangana Governor's MLC Nominations Will Be Subject To Outcome Of BRS Leaders' Petition
7 months ago

Supreme Court Says Telangana Governor's MLC Nominations Will Be Subject To Outcome Of BRS Leaders' Petition

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a petition filed by Bharat Rashtra Samithi leaders Dasoju Sravan Kumar and Kurra Satyanarayana seeking to prevent the Telangana Governor from nominating members of the State Legislative Council.While the Court declined to pass an order of status quo on the nomination of Member of Legislative Council, it clarified that. The Supreme Court …

Telangana HC urges state and KNRUHS to clarify local candidate criteria for medical courses
7 months, 1 week ago

Telangana HC urges state and KNRUHS to clarify local candidate criteria for medical courses

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday gave two days to the state government, the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences and others to submit their stand in the petitions challenging the validity of the recent amendments and substitutions to Rule 3 of the Telangana Medical and Dental Colleges Admissions Rules, 2017, which defines new qualifications for local candidates …

Supreme Court Provisionally Allows Candidates From Andhra Not Enrolled In Telangana Bar Council To Appear For Telangana Civil Judges Exam
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Provisionally Allows Candidates From Andhra Not Enrolled In Telangana Bar Council To Appear For Telangana Civil Judges Exam

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on August 6 temporarily allowed candidates from Andhra Pradesh, who had not enrolled in the Telangana Bar Council, to appear for the mains of the Telangana Civil Judges Exam. The petitioners, who had cleared the preliminary exam, were unable to submit documents for the main exam because they lacked enrollment certificates from the Telangana Bar Association.It may …

New Meaning to Locals may Affect MBBS Aspirants in TG
7 months, 2 weeks ago

New Meaning to Locals may Affect MBBS Aspirants in TG

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Scores of meritorious students from Telangana are set to lose admission into the MBBS due to a last-minute change in the definition of “locals” by the health department. As per the government order, students appearing for Intermediate examinations in Telangana has been made mandatory to be considered under the local category. The Telangana government also amended the previous admission …

Reservation redistribution
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Reservation redistribution

Hindustan Times  

The gains of reservation — despite its goal of driving equity — have flowed unequally. Relative social privilege and political clout have led to a few groups enjoying almost all the benefits of reservations while others languish in backwardness that is largely unchanged since Independence. To illustrate, the Jatavs in Uttar Pradesh and the Mahars in Maharashtra have long been …

Why has Supreme Court re-examined subclassification in SC-ST quotas? Explained
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Why has Supreme Court re-examined subclassification in SC-ST quotas? Explained

India TV News  

With a decisive majority of 6:1, the seven-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Thursday ruled in favour of sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The latest decision overruled the 2004 judgment in the EV Chinnaiah vs State of Andhra Pradesh case, which held that there can be no sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled …

Karnataka HC direction on medical, engineering course fee and seat sharing
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka HC direction on medical, engineering course fee and seat sharing

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka on Monday directed the State government to submit the specimen of its consensual agreements with associations of private colleges on seat sharing and fixing fees for medical, dental, and engineering courses in private professional colleges. Aravind passed the order while hearing a PIL petition filed in 2020 by city-based advocate Ajoy Kumar Patil. The petitioner …

Supreme Court Seeks Response From Union, AIIMS In Challenge To 'Institutional Preference' Quota Exceeding 50% In PG Medical Admissions
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Seeks Response From Union, AIIMS In Challenge To 'Institutional Preference' Quota Exceeding 50% In PG Medical Admissions

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Union and All India Institute of Medical Sciences in a petition challenging the reservation quota for "Institutional Preference" that exceeds 50% in postgraduate admissions.The Petitioner has challenged the over-reservation or 'super reservation' of seats under 'Institutional Preference' in the postgraduate admissions as being. The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Union …

"Illegally Denied" Sports Quota Admission In 2022-23, Karnataka High Court Directs Authorities To Admit Medical Student This Year
7 months, 3 weeks ago

"Illegally Denied" Sports Quota Admission In 2022-23, Karnataka High Court Directs Authorities To Admit Medical Student This Year

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has come to the aid of a student who was illegally denied admission to MBBS course in the academic year 2022-23, against sports quota. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind allowed the petition filed by Siri Srikanth and said “The respondent authorities are directed to admit the petitioner …

Telangana High Court orders quota for third gender in recruitment
8 months ago

Telangana High Court orders quota for third gender in recruitment

New Indian Express  

HC orders quota for third gender in recruitments The Telangana High Court has directed the Telangana State Public Service Commission and the Labour, Employment and Training departments to include third gender status reservations for transgender individuals in recruitment processes, in addition to caste-based reservations. A bench of Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice N Rajeshwar Rao was hearing a petition filed …

Extend Third Category Quota to Transgenders, Telangana HC Directs State
8 months ago

Extend Third Category Quota to Transgenders, Telangana HC Directs State

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court directed the Telangana State Public Service Commission and the labour, employment and training department to extend third gender status reservations to transgenders in the recruitment process conducted by them, in addition to the candidate’s caste-based reservations. A division bench, comprising Justice Sujoy Paul and Namavarapu Rajeshwar Rao, was dealing with a petition filed by a …

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