NEET PG 2021 was held on September 11, 2021. As students wait for Counselling to begin, Supreme Court will be hearing the EWS, OBC reservation in AIQ matter today, on November 16, 2021. The counselling schedule will be released soon after the order is pronounced.

• NEET PG 2021 mater related to EWS, OBC reservation in AIQ will be taken up today – November 16, 2021.

• Supreme Court, SC will be hearing the matter today after adjourning it last time and putting a hold on Counselling.

• The NEET PG Counselling schedule will be announced after the final order is pronounced and a nod is received from SC.

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET PG 2021 was held on September 11, 2021 throughout the country. NEET PG Counselling was earlier scheduled to begin from October 25 but Supreme Court, SC put a hold on it till the EWS, OBC reservation in All India Quota Seats, AIQ matter was resolved. The hearing will now be held today, on November 16, 2021 and the new counselling schedule is expected after the order is pronounced.  

NEET PG 2021 hearing on EWS, OBC reservation in AIQ is likely to be taken up after 12 noon today. The definite time is not known yet. However, as the hearing commences, updates would be mentioned here. Previously, when SC adjourned the hearing to today, Centre gave its assurance to the Apex Court that it would not start NEET PG Counselling till it gets a nod.  

EWS, OBC reservation in AIQ has been facing backlash from some people. Due to this, the matter has been in the court rooms since quite some time. In a previous hearing, SC had also questioned Centre on the reasons for adopting the same income criteria in order to determine the eligibility of EWS and OBC candidates in Counselling.  

The last hearing was done by a Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and BV Nagarathna. With this, an affidavit was also submitted to SC saying that the Counselling process will not proceed and the same income criteria was justified for determining the eligibility for EWS, OBC candidates.  

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Around 2 lakh candidates have been waiting for NEET PG 2021 Counselling to commence. If an order is pronounced today after the hearing concludes, it is likely the counselling schedule will be released soon after. Keep a check here for more updates on this.