Reservation Under Central Educational Institutions (Reservation And Admission) Act Applies To IIMs: Kerala High Court

Case: Mahesh Mohan v. Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode & Anr.

Coram: Justice T.R. Ravi

Case No.: WP(C) No. 30510 OF 2023

Court Observation: “There can hence be no dispute that the 2006 Act will apply insofar as the admissions to the Indian Institute of Management are concerned,”

“The requirement of reservation under the enactment cannot be defeated by not prescribing the number of seats that are permitted to be filled up for a particular course in a particular year. If there is no annual permitted strength as contended, the only manner in which the provision can be understood is the total number of seats that are sought to be filled up in a particular year is the annual permitted strength”.

“Admittedly, 24 seats were filled up during this year. If 24 seats are to be filled up, then necessarily, the general candidates can aspire only for 50.5% of the seats, and 15%, 7.5%, and 27.5% will have to be reserved for candidates belonging to SC, ST, and OBC. As such, the process of selection is not in accordance with the requirement of the Statute,”

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