SC refuses to issue interim order for 50% OBC reservation in medical college seats in Tamil Nadu

Chennai: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the pleas filed by Tamil Nadu and AIADMK who sought interim order for implementation of 50% quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the All India Quota for Undergraduate, post-graduate medical and dental courses in Tamil Nadu for the academic year 2020-2021.

A Bench comprising of justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi dismissed the pleas which challenged the July 27 order of the Madras High Court and sough a temporary stay on the admission process.

The petitioners submitted that denial for interim reliefs would deny hundreds of seats to deserving OBC candidates, thereby reinforcing their social and educational disadvantage.