Finally Merits to be Primary Criteria for Admissions Over Reservation
BANGALORE: The Supreme Court put forward a recommendation to put an end to reservation system in all institutions of higher education. In resentment to such kind of privileges that have remained unchanged for 68 years after India’s independence, have strongly recommended the Modi government to take measures in abolishing this privilege for the interest, reports DNA.
As per the Indian Express, bench of Justices Dipak Misra and PC Pant have cited that although a number of reminders have been made to central and state government to bring value to the primary criteria in admission for super-specialty courses, the reality had still continued to favor reservation k
The court vouched for its two judgments from 1988 that pertained to reservations in super-speciality for medical courses. The justification being -to bring up higher education for the general good of the country, thereby the quality of medical course services needs to be good.
The Supreme Court is persistent in conveying the same message it voiced 27 years ago.
The apex court further pointed to a body of judgments, requesting government officials from bring down eligibility criteria by basing it on the different kinds of reservations as it would defeat the point of pass on the best possible training to creditable candidates.
The Supreme Court made these observations while delivering a slew of petitions that challenged eligibility criteria for medical courses in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu.
In recent times, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had stirred a controversy by stating that the reservation system of the country required reexamining. This statement sparked protests from the political spectrum as well as the disapproval of the BJP that had was in opposition to the lack of plans made to remove reservations.
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