NEET PG Admissions: Domicile-Based Reservation Unconstitutional!- Supreme Court

As per the latest media report by Live Law, while pronouncing the order, the top court three-judge bench reiterated the law laid down in the previous judgments in Pradeep Jain, Saurabh Chandra cases. In this regard, the bench read out the reasoning of the judgment stating, "We are all domiciles in the territory of India. There is nothing like a provincial or state domicile. There is only one domicile. We are all residents of India. We have the right to choose residence anywhere in India and to carry out trade and profession anywhere in the country. Constitution also gives us the right to choose admission in educational institutions across India. The benefit of reservation in educational institutions, including medical colleges, for those who reside in a particular state can be given to a certain degree only in MBBS courses. But considering the importance of specialised doctors in PG medical courses, reservation in higher levels on the basis of residence would be violative of Article 14 of the Constitution."

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