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Reservation not at odds with merit: SC upholds OBC quota in NEET admissions

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Reservation not at odds with merit: SC upholds OBC quota in NEET admissions

Noting that high scores are not the only measure of achievement, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld its Jan. 7 order allowing other backward classes (OBCs) to remain in the 2021-22 NEET undergraduate and graduate admissions.

“The merits must be linked to the social and economic context. The role of reservations cannot be negated in making up for the lag. Reservations are not contradictory to merit, but promote the distributional consequences of social justice,” Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna said.

The court also announced that the Economically Weakened Section (EWS) criteria for NEET-PG admission will no longer apply and the existing criteria (Rs 8 lakh annual gross income cut-off) will apply for the current year of admission. Intervening at this stage will delay admissions for this year. Therefore, there are no reservation criteria for the 2021-22 batch to be reserved. We are still in the midst of a pandemic. Delays in recruiting physicians can affect the response to the pandemic,” the court said.

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The bench said it would be impossible to pass an order on the merits of the policy without hearing from all parties about the material on which the reservations relied and what they identified as “the poorest and the poorest.”

Citing Articles 15(4) and 15(5) that require substantive equality, the Supreme Court stated that “competitive examinations do not reflect the excellence of an individual. They do not reflect the socioeconomic and cultural advantages acquired by certain classes.”

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“Fortunately, injuries didn’t affect the spine.” Saif Ali Khan receives 10 stitches for a serious stab wound sustained during the home burglary.

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“Fortunately, injuries didn’t affect the spine.” Saif Ali Khan receives 10 stitches for a serious stab wound sustained during the home burglary.

Actor Saif Ali Khan’s house in Bandra, Mumbai was a target for an attempted robbery during the early hours of Thursday morning. The actor was stabbed during the incident and had to urgently be taken to Lilavati hospital and undergo surgery. Now, we have received more updates on it.

We have learnt from sources at the hospital that one of the injuries was quite deep and the actor has received 10 stitches for this stab. The source says, “Fortunately, it has not affected the spine. He was very lucky that the stabs have not affected any of his vital organs. It appears to have been attacked by a knife and he was actually thwarting a robbery attempt.”

The source adds, “Of the six injuries that Saif has suffered, two injuries are deep, two are mid and two are superficial.”

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Coincidentally, at the reported time of the robbery, Saif’s wife Kareena Kapoor Khan has put up an Insta story of a girls night in with her friends Sonam Kapoor and Rhea Kapoor, and sister Karisma Kapoor. It had led to speculations that she was probably not at home during the time of burglary. However her team has released a statement saying, “All members of the household were present at home at the time of the unfortunate incident.”

As per recent reports, three suspects have been detained by the Bandra Police in the case.

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