NEET PG 2021 was held on September 11, 2021. As students wait for Counselling to begin, Supreme Court will be hearing the EWS, OBC reservation in AIQ matter on November 24, 2021. The counselling schedule will be released soon after the order is pronounced.
National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET PG 2021 was held on September 11, 2021 throughout the country. NEET PG Counselling was earlier scheduled to begin from October 25 but Supreme Court, SC put a hold on it till the EWS, OBC reservation in All India Quota Seats, AIQ matter was resolved. The hearing has been deferred and would be held on November 24, 2021 and the new counselling schedule is expected after the order is pronounced.
NEET PG 2021 hearing on EWS, OBC reservation in AIQ is likely to be taken up after 12 noon today. The definite time is not known yet. However, as the hearing commences, updates would be mentioned here. Previously, when SC adjourned the hearing to today, Centre gave its assurance to the Apex Court that it would not start NEET PG Counselling till it gets a nod.
EWS, OBC reservation in AIQ has been facing backlash from some people. Due to this, the matter has been in the court rooms since quite some time. In a previous hearing, SC had also questioned Centre on the reasons for adopting the same income criteria in order to determine the eligibility of EWS and OBC candidates in Counselling.
The last hearing was done by a Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and BV Nagarathna. With this, an affidavit was also submitted to SC saying that the Counselling process will not proceed and the same income criteria was justified for determining the eligibility for EWS, OBC candidates.