Supreme
Court directs AIIMS to adopt Roster Based Reservations in all Its Institutes
A bench headed by Justice L.
Nageswara Rao clarified that this would apply for this year and granted liberty
to AIIMS to approach it in case of delay.
May 14, 2022 : New Delhi
The Supreme Court Friday
directed AIIMS to adopt roster-based reservations in all its institutes as
followed by Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
(JIPMER) Pondicherry. A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao clarified that
this would apply for this year and granted liberty to AIIMS to approach it in
case of delay.
"We direct that the
roster point-based reservation for preferential candidates as followed by
JIPMER be implemented in all the AIIMS. However, the roster points need not be
similar to that of JIPMER,” the bench also comprising Justice A S Bopanna said.
Advocate Dushyant Parashar appeared for AIIMS in the case.
The apex court had earlier
sought a response from the Centre and AIIMS on a plea seeking defined criteria
for arriving at a seat matrix for the institutional preference candidates in
the Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test. The top court had
issued notice to the Ministry of Health, AIIMS, and others on a plea filed by a
students' association.
It was hearing a plea filed by
the Students Association AIIMS Bhopal and others which had also sought to
provide for roster-wise/discipline-wise seat allocation for institutional
preference candidates.