What is the matter?
An contempt petition has been filed in the Supreme Court recently, alleging that the decision to convert PG medical seats of State Kota into All India Kota in medical colleges in Chandigarh, is a violation of the ‘Tanvi Bahl vs Shrey Goyal’ decision given earlier.
Tanvi Bahl case: What did the court say?
In January 2025, the Supreme Court bench (Justice Rishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia and SVN Bhatti) ruled that residence -based reservation is unconstitutional. The court had clarified that the admission to PG Medical Course should be on the basis of merit, not on the basis of the residence of the applicant. However, the court also said that institute -based preference can be given to some extent.
Why did the contempt petition now come?
The petitioners’ counsel AOR Jagjit Singh Chhabra said that a public notice was issued on 9 April 2025, stating that the remaining state quota seats in the medical colleges of Chandigarh will be filled on the basis of the All India merit list. The petitioner says that this is a violation of Tanvi Bahl verdict.
Court’s latest comment
During the hearing, a bench of Justices KV Vishwanathan and N. Kotiswar Singh said that since the matter is related to earlier decisions, it will be placed before the same bench which gave the decision in ‘Tanvi Bahl’. The court also said that now that the admission process has been completed, if any violation has taken place, the related admissions can be canceled.
High court verdict and Supreme Court’s response
The case had earlier gone to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, where residence -based reservation in government medical colleges in Chandigarh was canceled. Appeal was made against this in the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s verdict and said that on the basis of residence, reservation is a violation of Article 14 of the Constitution, which gives the right to equality.
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