The Supreme Court on Thursday has adjourned the hearing on the petition against the Economically Weaker Section reservations in the All-India Quota of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test examination for the week after next.
Senior Advocate Arvind Datar mentioned the petitions before the Bench of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Bela M. Trivedi.
The Counsel said that the bench was sitting till lunch and therefore, the matter was unlikely to be taken today.
He also apprised the Court that the exam is on May 23 and the results will be announced on May 30.
The Apex Court had said that merit should be socially contextualised and reconceptualised as an instrument that advances social goods that matter to society like equality.
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The top court had said, “Merit cannot be reduced to narrow definitions of performance in an open competitive examination which only provides formal equality of opportunity” while upholding the constitutional validity of reservations for the Other Backward Classes and the Economically Weaker Section in the All-India Quota in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test examination.
Rejecting the pleas challenging the constitutional validity of OBC reservation in AIQ seats, the court had said that
“the Union Government was not required to seek the permission of this Court before providing reservation in AIQ seats.”