NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court dismissed the Punjab government 's appeal against a high court ruling that invalidated its decision to broaden the definition of the NRI quota for admissions in medical and dental courses. The apex court criticized the move, stating, "This fraud must come to an end."
On September 10, the Punjab and Haryana high court had struck down the AAP-led state government's August 20 order, which extended the NRI quota to include distant relatives like uncles, aunts, grandparents, and cousins under the 15 percent quota for this group.
"This is nothing but a money spinning machine," said a bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.
"We will dismiss all the petitions. This NRI business is nothing but a fraud. We will put an end to all this.... now the so called precedents must give way to primacy of law," said the bench.
Calling the high court verdict "absolutely right", the court said, "Look at the deleterious consequences... the candidates who have three times higher marks will lose admission (in NEET-UG courses)."
The top court said distant relatives of a 'mama, tai, taya', who are settled abroad, will get admissions ahead of meritorious candidates and this cannot be allowed.
On September 10, the Punjab and Haryana high court had struck down the AAP-led state government's August 20 order, which extended the NRI quota to include distant relatives like uncles, aunts, grandparents, and cousins under the 15 percent quota for this group.
"This is nothing but a money spinning machine," said a bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.
"We will dismiss all the petitions. This NRI business is nothing but a fraud. We will put an end to all this.... now the so called precedents must give way to primacy of law," said the bench.
Calling the high court verdict "absolutely right", the court said, "Look at the deleterious consequences... the candidates who have three times higher marks will lose admission (in NEET-UG courses)."
The top court said distant relatives of a 'mama, tai, taya', who are settled abroad, will get admissions ahead of meritorious candidates and this cannot be allowed.
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