The score does not reflect achievements, said SC, uphold the OBC quota

New Delhi: Complete Perennial Merit vs.
Quota Debate When Enforcing Reservations for other Reverse Classes (OBC) in a very competitive All-India (AIQ) medical chair, the Supreme Court on Thursday decided that the inclusion scores did not reflect social, economic and cultural benefits Increase in certain classes and contribute to their success in such a test.
Refuse the challenge with the constitutional validity of 27% of the OBC quota in the AIQ seat sought in MBBS and MD courses, Judge Dy Chandrachud and when Bopanna said, “Merit cannot be reduced to a definition of performance in an open competitive exam that only provides equality of formal opportunities.” “High scores in the test are not proxies for achievements.
Merit must be socialized socially …
as an instrument that advances social goods such as equality.
In such contexts, reservations do not conflict with achievement but further than the consequences,” said Bench.
Writing a verdict, Judge Chandrachud said, “Competitive exams assess current basic competencies to allocate educational resources but do not reflect the superiority, abilities and individual potential which is also formed by life experiences, further training and individual characters.
The most important, open competitive exams do not reflect social, economic and cultural benefits increase in certain classes and contribute to their success in such a test.
“Bench said quota 10% EWS for undergraduate and postgraduate medical programs will also continue for the 2021-22 academic year, because the propriety will not be Allowing SC to pass the temporary order that remains a criterion for determining EWS (economically weaker parts)) categories.
“This is a completed legal principle that involves the challenges of the constitutionality of laws or rules, the court must be reasoned to provide a temporary order, unless the court believes that the rules are arbitrary facies,” the bench said while scheduling training for Detailed supervision of the constitutional validity of the EWS quota to the third week of March.
It is said, “At this stage, without hearing all parties have an interest in the arguments such as (i) the reliable level of judicial review to provide reservations under Article 15; (ii) the power of the state to determine the EWS given the explanation of Article 15 and given the proposed alternative criteria By the committee formed by the Government of Kerala; and (iii) the meaning of the EWS – the identification of the poor or the poorest, it will not be expected to us to form a prime facial opinion about the alleged arbitration of the criteria.
“What is important, the SC claribates that the center is not It is required to request its permission before providing a reservation in the AIQ seat.
“Therefore, providing reservations in the AIQ seat is a government policy decision.” Returning to the debate over the service quota vs, the bench rejected the argument that the OBC candidate secured a Bachelor’s AIQ medical chair, he should have no right to fall back on his confounding to secure a chair at AIQ medical postgraduate in the AIQ seat, where the achievement only must be a criterion .