Neil Aurelio Nunes v. Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Challenging reservation in NEET-PG AIQ seats, the Court upheld OBC reservation validity and used the Pandey Committee's recommendation to accept the existing EWS criteria for the 2021-2022 admission year to ensure the counselling process is not dislocated.
What did the court decide?
Directors to conduct NEET-PG 2021 and NEET-UG 2021 counselling giving effect to the 27% OBC and 10% EWS reservation using the OM 2019 criteria for the current year.
Reportable
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
Writ Petition (C) No 961 of 2021
Neil Aurelio Nunes & Ors.
....Petitioners
Versus Union of India & Ors. .... Respondents
With
Writ Petition (C) No 967 of 2021
With
Writ Petition (C) No 1002 of 2021
With
Writ Petition (C) No 1021 of 2021
And With
Issues for consideration
3 issues framed by the court
Whether the OBC and EWS reservation criteria in AIQ NEET-PG 2021 can be implemented for the current admission year to prevent dislocation of the process.
Whether the Union Government must follow the Pandey Committee's recommendation to retain existing EWS criteria for the 2021-2022 admission year.
Whether the validity of the criteria determined by the Pandey Committee for identification of EWS should be kept open for future final hearing.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Neil Aurelio Nunes & Ors.
- respondent
Union of India & Ors.
Coram
Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Supreme Court
- Decided on
- · January
- CNR
- 19820/2021
All orders in this case
2 orders share this CNR
- Order 1 — this page · Supreme Court
- Order 2 · Supreme Court
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