"NRI Quota Complete Fraud": Top Court Blasts Punjab's MBBS Admissions Rule
NDTV
The Punjab government had widened the definition of an NRI candidate and made relatives of NRIs eligible to seek admission to MBBS under this quota
The NRI quota system in college admissions was nothing but a fraud, the Supreme Court said today as it dismissed the Punjab government's appeal against a high court order that junked amended rules to avail admission to MBBS courses through this quota.
The Punjab government had, in a notification dated August 20, widened the definition of an NRI candidate and made relatives of Non-Resident Indians (NRI) eligible to seek admission to the MBBS course under this quota. The Punjab and Haryana High Court shot down this notification, observing that this "opens the door for potential misuse".
In the Supreme Court today, the Punjab government's counsel said that Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh were following a broad definition for NRI quota admissions. "HP, UP, Chandigarh, everyone is following the definition which I am saying... so only I am under (a) narrow definition," he said.
