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 11:59 AM IST
Datar : The Office Memorandum of the Centre (which introduced OBC/EWS quota) is a classic case of Wednesbury principles of unreasonableness. It has ignored relevant factors and adopted irrelevant factors. In a vast country like India, where it ranges from 40k to 4L- 8Lakh is an arbitrary number.
- 6 Jan 2022 11:58 AM IST
Datar now refers to income disparities in different states. He says applying Rupees 8 lakh limit uniformly across the country is arbitrary. He says he goes by the argument of Shyam Divan that this quota should not be applied at all in the present year and should be deferred to next year, if at all it is to be implemented. And it should be based on the income criteria of Sinho Committee and not the 8 lakh limit criteria.
- 6 Jan 2022 11:49 AM IST
Datar : When Sinho committee report was made on the basis of extensive consultations after several years, there has to be compelling reasons to deviate from it.
Justice Chandrachud : You are saying there is no basis for discarding Sinho?
Datar : Yes, there is no basis and you can't just adopt the creamy layer criteria.