TAMIL NADU MEDICAL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION vs UNION OF INDIA

The Supreme Court referred a batch of cases concerning the reservation of seats for in-service government doctors in postgraduate medical courses to a larger bench, following the judgment in State of U.P. v. Dinesh Singh Chauhan, which held that the MCI Regulations 2000 do not provide for such reservations. The Court noted that the previous decision did not adequately consider legislative entries in the Seventh Schedule, particularly regarding the powers of the State in medical education. The referral was based on the need to address contentions not considered in the earlier ruling and to reconcile it with prior Constitution Bench decisions.