Gangtok, Jan. 30 -- Sikkim BJP President DR Thapa has clarified that the recent Supreme Court judgement on domicile-based reservations will not affect the existing reservation policies in Sikkim. The assurance comes in response to the Supreme Court's ruling on January 29, 2025, in the case of Dr. Tanvi Behl vs. Shrey Goel & Ors., which addressed the issue of residence-based reservations in medical postgraduate (PG) courses.

In its judgement, the Supreme Court ruled that while domicile-based reservations are permissible for MBBS (undergraduate medical courses), they cannot be applied to PG medical courses, as these are specialized programs. However, DR Thapa emphasized that this decision is limited to medical PG courses in other states an...