Pronouncing detailed reasons for its decision, the top court said, “Reservation is not at odds with merit but furthers it’s distributive impact.”Citing that when a matter involves constitutional interpretation, the bench said the judicial propriety will not allow the court to stay the quota, in the backdrop that counselling has not commenced.A group of petitioners led by Neil Aurelio Nunes moved the top court challenging Centre’s July 29, 2021 notification to implement OBC and EWS reservation in NEET-All India Quota from the current academic session in the postgraduate courses.The top court emphasised that judicial intervention at this stage will further delay the admission process this year, and it would also trigger litigation. “We are still in midst of the pandemic and thus the nation needs doctors,” the bench said.
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