In Brief
The Supreme Court upheld institutional preference (preference for candidates from the same medical college or university) up to 50% in post-graduate medical course admissions, even after introduction of the NEET examination. The Court rejected petitioners' arguments that NEET—a centralized merit-based examination—made institutional preference impermissible under medical council regulations. The judgment held that NEET changed only how merit is measured (through a uniform test rather than university-specific examinations), not the legal basis for institutional preference. Admissions within state or institutional quota must still be awarded solely based on NEET scores. All petitions were dismissed.
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