Jashandeep Kaur v. Union of India (2026): Supreme Court Regularises MBBS Admissions Amid NMC Passing Criteria Dispute
(1) A change in MBBS passing criteria left several students caught in legal uncertainty. By the time the case reached the Supreme
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Adverse action against doctor who didn’t rise upon MLA’s arrival “highly disturbing” and unjust: P&H High Court imposes Rs 50,000 cost on State
During the COVID-19 pandemic, an MLA visited hospital and was annoyed that the Government Casualty Medical Officer did not rise upon his arrival. Thus, a Show Cause Notice was issued to him regarding initiation of disciplinary proceedings.
Telangana HC denies relief to BSF personnel wards claiming eligibility for reservation granted to Armed Forces personnel’s wards in medical courses
“The Act which governs the services, the method of recruitment, the conditions of services and tenure of Armed Forces and CAPF are different and by no stretch of imagination, it can be said that the Armed Forces viz., Army, Navy and Air Force and BSF/CAPF forms a homogenous class.”
Compartmentalised Horizontal Reservation: SC holds restriction on meritorious reserved category candidates’ migration to unreserved seats unsustainable
“The appellants were deprived of their legitimate claim of admission against the UR-GS category due to an erroneous application of the methodology in applying the horizontal and vertical reservation”.
[In-service quota in NEET-PG 2023] Temporary service in rural/difficult areas cannot be counted: Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court explained that the impugned Government Resolution dated 19-03-2019 indicated that a candidate appearing for the examination without prior permission of the Deputy Director of Health Services so concerned, would not be relieved from posting.
“Student had obtained a seat in JIPMER, Puducherry surreptitiously and based on a false declaration”; Madras HC directs authorities to take necessary action
Madras High Court without cancelling the seat of the student, directed the respondents to take necessary action based on the declaration that the student had obtained a seat through a false declaration.
50 Landmark Judgments on Education Law by the Supreme Court and High Courts in 2022 [Part I]
by Siddharth R. Gupta† and Pushp Sharma††
Cite as: 2023 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 9
Megh HC │ Whether Court can issue directions for filling up the vacant seat for the MBBS Course? Courts answers
Meghalaya High Court: H. S. Thangkhiew, J. allowed a petition in which he had to consider whether this Court can direct the
MP HC | CBI’s self contained note cannot form basis for rejecting application for increase of MBBS Seat; HC directs NMC to consider the application afresh
Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Sujoy Paul and Arun Kumar Sharma, JJ., quashed the National Medical Commission’s decision rejecting
Supreme Court directs Madhya Pradesh HC to immediately decide validity of 100% reservation in more than 600 P.G. medical seats
Supreme Court: The Division Bench of L. Nageswara Rao and B. R. Gavai, JJ., directed the Madhya Pradesh High Court to immediately
Kar HC | Approval from the Medical Council for the purpose of practicing as a private medical practitioner cannot be withheld by the authorities on arbitrary grounds; Writ Petition Allowed
Karnataka High Court: R. Devdas, J., while allowing the present Writ Petition, directed the Medical Council to issue the No Objection Certificate
Del HC | To avail Medical PG seat in Delhi University Quota, candidate must have passed final MBBS from DU; Court issues directions to Medical Council Committee
Delhi High Court: Prathiba M. Singh, J., while addressing the present petition issued directions with regard to the counselling process at the time
Ori HC | In-service candidate benefit rejected to successful NEET student as they approached court with unclean hands
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You can’t ignore the Oversight Committee recommendation on establishment of a medical college; SC tells Centre
Supreme Court: In the case where the Government of India order, by which the colleges/institutions have been directed not to admit students