NEET-AIQ : Supreme Court Quizzes Centre About EWS Criteria [LIVE UPDATES FROM HEARING]

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21 Oct 2021 10:58 AM IST

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The Supreme Court is hearing a batch of petitions challenging EWS and OBC reservation in the NEET-All India Quota.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and BV Nagarathna is questioning the Centre about the annual income criteria of Rupees 8 lakhs adopted for determining the cut-off for EWS criteria.Stay on this page for live-updates from the...

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21 Oct 2021 11:01 AM IST
Justice DY Chandrachud : Did the union govt undertake any exercise for implementation of EWS ? 2. If there was a criteria, it was of Maj general Sinho. We haven’t seen that report. The commission for EWS had recommended that for all families below BPL has income which falls below tax slab should be under EWS. Then how can you say 8 lakh limit is based on seno commission report
21 Oct 2021 11:00 AM IST
Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj submitting that the benchmark for creamy layer was was 6 lakh. Now it’s 8 lakh. ASG says that the same criteria for creamy layer will be applied for EWS.

NEET-AIQ : Supreme Court Quizzes Centre About EWS Criteria [LIVE UPDATES FROM HEARING]

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Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj submitting that the benchmark for creamy layer was was 6 lakh. Now it’s 8 lakh. ASG says that the same criteria for creamy layer will be applied for EWS.