Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 4: After the Centre requested an urgent hearing, the Supreme Court decided to hear a plea relating to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota in NEET-PG admissions on Wednesday.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared in the court on behalf of the Centre, that the matter pertains to admissions to post-graduate medical courses and that students have been facing difficulties.
“If it is a three-judge bench matter, then it will be listed before a three-judge bench tomorrow,” the CJI said.
On Monday, Mehta mentioned the matter for urgent hearing before a Bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud. In reply, he said that it would consult the CJI and see if a special bench can be constituted for hearing the case tomorrow or day after. The case was slated for hearing on January 6.
Notably, resident doctors from various hospitals have staged large-scale protests in Delhi and other parts of the country under the banner of the Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) over a delay in NEET-PG counseling, which has been postponed due to the Centre’s decision to revisit the criteria for determining the EWS quota.
