SC rejects 50 pc OBC quota demand in UG PG Medical AIQ, says Reservation not a Fundamental Right:
Several ministries including the Ministry of Health as well as the Medical Council of India and the National Board of Examinations were made parties in the petition.;
New Delhi - The Supreme Court on Thursday while hearing batch of petitions seeking 50 per cent reservation for Other Backward Class (OBC) candidates in Tamil Nadu's medical colleges, observed that "right to reservation is not a Fundamental Right."
A divisional bench of Justice L Nageswara Rao, Justice Krishna Murari and Justice S Ravindra Bhat was hearing pleas filed by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Vaiko, Anbumani Ramadoss, Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M), Tamil Nadu Congress Committee and CPI, that challenged the Centre's decision of not granting 50 per cent reservation to OBCs as per Tamil Nadu law in medical seats surrendered by the state in the All India Quota for under graduate, post graduate and dental courses in 2020-21.
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"We are seeing that all the rival political parties are on same page but the right to reservation is not a fundamental right and cannot be challenged under Article 32 of the Constitution", the bench said.
Several ministries including the Ministry of Health as well as the Medical Council of India and the National Board of Examinations were made parties in the petition.
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