Chandigarh, Feb. 11 -- Despite a 2024 Supreme Court ruling against expanding non-resident Indian (NRI) quota criteria in Punjab, Panjab University (PU) has introduced similar provisions. For the 2025-26 session, PU will reserve 10% of seats beyond the sanctioned strength for wards of NRIs.

The apex court had dismissed a set of petitions challenging a Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) order that had quashed the Punjab government's move to broaden the NRI quota criteria. A bench led by former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud had condemned the expansion of NRI quota in Punjab's medical colleges, calling it a "fraud" that forces more meritorious students out of the admission process. The bench had said that such a broad...