Updated on: Friday, October 11, 2013
There are a total of 141 seats in JIPMER – Puducherry for MBBS course, 40 have been kept for students hailing from Puducherry. The 40 seats include 6 specially allocated for SC students from Puducherry.
This was challenged by few SC candidates, who wanted the court to declare the stipulation of compulsory having residence certificates what is issued by the Government to those who have resided in the union Territory continuously for 5 year4s preceding the date of admissions null and void.
The Madras High Court upheld an eligibility criteria for admission in JIPMER which made resolve certificate from the territorial government compulsory fro accessory seats under the Puducherry SC quota.