Supreme Court refuses to permit reservation for admission in Super Specialty Medical Courses for 2020-21

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the counselling for super-specialty medical courses in Tamil Nadu and Kerala to be held for the academic year 2020-2021 without providing reservations for in-service doctors.

“As the admission process is at the final stages, we cannot permit reservation for in-service doctors for this year,” a Bench led by Justice L. Nageswar Rao ordered.

The Bench, however, did not express any opinion on the validity of a Tamil Nadu government order of November 7, which allowed 50% in-service quota in super-speciality medical courses at government colleges in the State. Some NEET-qualified doctors had challenged the government order when the Madras High Court chose not to intervene.