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SC verdict on residence-based quota
February 1 , 2025
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- The Supreme Court held that the residence-based reservation for admission to postgraduate (PG) medical courses within the State quota is invalid.
- It stated that it ran counter to the very idea of one citizenship for all and right to equality under the Constitution.
- The court acknowledged that though residence-based reservation was allowed to a reasonable degree for MBBS courses.
- The court pointed out how States use ‘domicile’ as a synonym for ‘residence’.
- Legally, ‘domicile’ did not mean the ‘place of residence’ of an individual.
- The concept of regional or provincial domicile is alien to the Indian legal system.
- Permanent residence or residence have a meaning which is different from that of ‘domicile’.
- Tamil Nadu implements 69% reservation.
- It reserves 50% of the seats for students who are native to the State or were born in the State.
- In PG courses (MD/MS/Diploma), there is a total of 2,294 seats in Tamilnadu.
- Of this, 50% seats have been reserved for students of Tamil Nadu, benefiting nearly 1,200 students.
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