NEET-PG Counselling : Supreme Court Reserves Order In EWS/OBC Case [LIVE UPDATES Of Day 2]
Shruti Kakkar
6 Jan 2022 10:08 AM IST
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- 6 Jan 2022 3:01 PM IST
Justice Chandrachud : Mr. Solicitor, one other thing we wanted to ask you, the Pandey committee, except for retaining the agricultural land criterion, has recommended doing away with the residential asset criteria because it is burdensome. But they said do away from next year. If it is burdensome, why not exclude it this year?
- 6 Jan 2022 2:59 PM IST
SG to answer the question posed by Justice Chandrachud refers to a part of the report .
SG: Income here is family income. If there are 3 members in the fam earning 3 lakhs per year their income would be 9 lakhs and they would not come under EWS.
SG: This would be more severe if there is 5 lakhs limit. What they say is if they don't want under exclusion they also don't want over inclusion.
Judges concurring amongst themselves.
- 6 Jan 2022 2:46 PM IST
Justice Chandrachud: From the first affidavit you say you decided to follow the creamy layer criterion. Now in the Pandey committee report, you say EWS is a stricter criteria. One area where we need to explain is, today's income tax limit is 2.5 lakhs. Up to 5 lakhs, you don't have to pay any tax because you get a rebate. So no income tax effectively till 5 lakhs.