The Supreme Court refused to urgently hear a plea seeking OBC reservation in RGNUL CLAT UG 2025 admissions. The bench pointed to a pending case in the Punjab and Haryana High Court scheduled for July 7.
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NEW DELHI: On June 9, 2025, the Supreme Court of India did not accept a legal request (Special Leave Petition) that asked for OBC (Other Backward Classes) reservation in undergraduate admissions at Rajiv Gandhi National Law University (RGNUL), Patiala, through the CLAT 2025 exam.
A two-judge bench of Justice P.K. Mishra and Justice Manmohan was listening to this matter. The plea was filed because RGNUL’s admission policy did not include OBC reservation, and the counselling process was about to end soon.
The Supreme Court bench clearly said:
“Given that the matter is pending in the High Court and posted on July 7, 2025, we are not inclined to entertain this SLP.”
This means the Supreme Court refused to interfere, since the same issue is already under consideration in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Advocate Charu Mathur, who was representing the petitioner, pointed out that RGNUL was reserving seats for foreign nationals, but not giving any seats to OBC students.
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He told the Court:
“They are giving reservation to foreign nationals but not to OBCs.”
At this point, Justice P.K. Mishra questioned why the petition was filed so late. The exam and results were already out.
He asked:
“When the exam is over, you are saying that reservation should happen after the exam, after the results are published?”
Advocate Mathur replied that even NLU Jodhpur had dealt with a similar issue after the exam. He emphasized that OBC reservation is a constitutional right and the university gets funds from the central government.
He said:
“It is a constitutional order, how can they not give OBC reservation, my lord? They are also getting central funding. Counselling will be over.”
Despite these arguments, the Supreme Court did not agree to take action and left the matter to be handled by the High Court.
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Case Title:
Komalpreet Kaur Dhillon vs. Union of India
Case Number:
SLP(C) No. 016457 / 2025
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