No reservation in super-specialty medical courses, reiterates SC

The apex court also echoed the observation made in other judgements that “the Centre and the state governments shall seriously consider this aspect of the matter without delay and appropriate guidelines shall be evolved by the Indian Medical Council so as to keep the super-specialities in medical education unreserved, open and free.”

It said at a time when the ‘privilege’ of reservation is ‘competing with eternity’, an objective assessment of the situation is required keeping national interest in mind. The Supreme Court bench noted that “privilege remains unchanged” even after 68 years of independence and said that national interest requires doing away with all forms of reservation in institutions of higher education, and urged the Centre to take effective steps “objectively”.