Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, leading a three-judge bench, condemned the government's initiative as a “complete fraud” and described it as a “money-spinning machine.”

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Punjab government's plea challenging High Court verdict quashing its decision to expand the definition of ‘NRI quota’.

Earlier this month, the High Court quashed the Punjab government's notification that amended the conditions for NRI quota admissions in medical colleges across the state.

Punjab and Haryana high court had quashed AAP-led state govt’s August 20 move, extending ambit of NRI quota to include distant relatives for admissions in undergraduate medical and dental courses.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the Punjab government's appeal against a high court verdict quashing its decision to expand the definition of NRI quota' for admissions in undergraduate medical and dental courses in the state.

The Supreme Court dismissed Punjab's appeal against a high court decision quashing its expansion of the NRI quota for medical and dental admissions. The apex court criticized this move as a 'fraud' and highlighted that it would unfairly disadvantage more meritorious candidates,

The NRI quota system in college admissions was nothing but a fraud, the Supreme Court said today as it dismissed the Punjab government's appeal against a high court order that junked amended rules to

The Supreme Court has dismissed Punjab's plea to expand the NRI quota in medical colleges, emphasizing that distant relatives of NRIs should not receive admission benefits. Meanwhile, Karnataka is seeking approval to introduce a 15% NRI quota in government medical colleges by 2025-26,