‘Complete fraud, we must stop this’: Supreme Court junks Punjab’s NRI quota plea
News Mania Desk/ Piyal Chatterjee / 24th September 2024
The Punjab government’s appeal against a Punjab and Haryana High Court order nullifying its decision to include non-resident Indian relatives in the definition of the “NRI quota” for undergraduate medical admissions was dismissed by the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Appeal against the high court’s September 10 ruling nullifying the Punjab government’s August 20 notification was being heard by the Supreme Court. The announcement increased the NRI quota to include even distant relatives of NRIs for admission under the 15% quota for this category in medical college admissions, “such as uncles, aunts, grandparents, and cousins.”
Terming the government move a “complete fraud” and “a money-spinning machine”, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, presiding over a three-judge bench, said, “We must stop this NRI quota business now.”
He added, “This is complete fraud and this is what we are doing to our education system! Judges know what they are dealing with.”
Refusing to intervene, the Supreme Court said the high court had dealt with the case “threadbare…”.
