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OCI candidates to be treated on par with Indian citizens in medical admissions
Karnataka High Court bench issues order to admit OCI cardholder students on par with Indian citizens for undergraduate medical, dental, and engineering seats in colleges
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OCI candidates to be treated on par with Indian citizens / Karnataka State District Judiciary
The Karnataka High Court bench recently provided interim relief to a student by ruling that individuals holding Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cards should be treated equally with Indian citizens during the online counseling process for admission to undergraduate medical and dental courses for the academic year 2024-2025.
"We are of the opinion that this submission can be recorded that the OCI cardholders are to be permitted to participate in online counseling for admission to undergraduate courses in medical, dental and engineering for the academic year 2024-2025 for both government and private seats, on par with Indian citizens," the High Court bench of Justices Anu Sivaraman and Anant Ramanath Hegde ordered on Apr. 2.
The High Court bench issued this order after the State Government stated that it had no objection to admitting OCI cardholder students on par with Indian citizens for undergraduate medical, dental, and engineering seats in both government and private colleges for the academic year 2024-25.
The latest gazette notification, dated Mar. 3, 2021, specified that OCI cardholders could only be admitted against Non-Resident Indian seats or supernumerary seats in all India entrance tests like NEET, JEE (Mains), and JEE (Advanced), excluding seats reserved exclusively for Indian citizens.
However, this provision was challenged before the Supreme Court. In response, the Supreme Court granted interim relief to OCI candidates.
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