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NEET 2025: The Supreme Court on Wednesday invalidated domicile-based reservations in postgraduate (PG) medical courses, declaring them unconstitutional. The court ruled that residence-based reservations violate Article 14 of the Constitution.

A three-judge bench comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia, and SVN Bhatti emphasised that state quota seats must be allotted purely on merit based on the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) scores, as per the news agency PTI.

"We are all domiciles in the territory of India. There is nothing like a provincial or state domicile. There is only one domicile. We are all residents of India. We have the right to choose residence anywhere in India and to carry out trade and profession anywhere in the country. The Constitution also gives us the right to choose admission in educational institutions across India," said the top court while delivering the judgment.

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While the Supreme Court struck down domicile-based reservations for future PG medical admissions, it clarified that the ruling will not impact students who have already been granted domicile reservations.

The judgment was issued in response to a PIL challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court ruling, which had earlier declared domicile reservations in PG medical admissions unconstitutional.

The NEET PG is a single-window entrance exam for admissions to MD, MS, PG Diploma, Post-MBBS DNB courses, direct 6-year DrNB courses, and NBEMS Diploma programs.

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