In Brief
The Supreme Court considered appeals challenging the High Court's decision to invalidate domicile/residence-based reservation for Post Graduate Medical Course admissions at Government Medical College, Chandigarh. The Court found that while the High Court relied on earlier decisions disapproving such reservation, a later Constitution Bench judgment (Saurabh Chaudri) had clarified that domicile-based reservation is not per se impermissible under Article 15(1), which prohibits discrimination on "place of birth" only. The Court noted that State Quota seats must be filled somehow; if domicile-based reservation is unavailable, only institutional preference remains, potentially monopolizing seats. The Court referred the matter to a Larger Bench to determine: whether domicile/residence-based PG reservation is constitutional; if permissible, its proper scope and implementation; and how to fill State Quota seats in single-college UTs/States.
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