Supreme Court of India
Kabir Paharia v. National Medical Commission and Others
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above, we hereby direct that a fresh Medical Board shall be constituted at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi comprising of five Doctors/ specialists.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration Whether the denial of admission to the appellant in the MBBS UG course under Scheduled Castes PwBD quota was grossly illegal, arbitrary and violative of the appellant’s fundamental rights as guaranteed u/Arts.14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. Headnotes† Education – Admission – MBBS UG course – Person with benchmark disabilities – The appellant being a person with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) belongs to the reserved category of Scheduled Caste was denied admission to the MBBS UG course despite standing high in merit in his category owing to his disability – Writ…
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Where later benches applied it
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- 2025 Jane Kaushik v. Union of India
- 2025 Reena Banerjee and Another v. Government of Nct of Delhi and Others
Of those, 3 mentioned
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