Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 3: The Centre on Monday requested the Supreme Court to urgently hear the case relating to reservation of Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category in NEET admissions for Post-Graduate medical courses.
The bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud said it would consult the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and see if a special bench can be constituted for hearing the case tomorrow or the day after.
“There is some urgency. If the court can consider having it tomorrow,” said Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta appearing for Centre.
Notably, the case is originally slated for hearing on January 6. On December 31, the Centre had filed an affidavit stating that it has decided to continue the existing criteria of Rs 8 lakh annual income limit for determination of 10 % EWS reservation with respect to the ongoing admission to the NEET postgraduate courses. The center informed the court that an expert committee has been constituted by the government to reassess the criteria and suggested that the existing criteria may be continued for ongoing admission while the revised criteria suggested by the committee may be adopted from the next year.
