<span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court today said, 10 per cent quota for Economically Weaker Sections of general category cannot be applied to PG medical courses in Maharashtra for the academic year 2019-20 as admission process started long before the provision came into force. <br />''<br />''A vacation bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, noted that admission process for PG medical courses started in November last year, while the 10 per cent EWS quota was passed in January this year. <br />''<br />''The court said, the Maharashtra government enforced the 10 per cent EWS quota for PG medical courses in March. It said, the quota cannot be granted at the cost of others unless additional seats are created by the Medical Council of India.<br />''<br />''The court's order came on a plea filed by a student from General Category saying that unless additional seats are created, the ten per cent EWS quota will eat into their share of seats.<br />''<br />''The student had challenged two circulars of the Maharashtra government by which ten per cent EWS quota was enforced in PG medical courses of the state.</span><br />