Supreme Court of India
Dinesh Kumar & Ors. v. Motilal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad & Ors
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that when selection of candidates is being made for admission on an All-India basis, no factor other than merit should be allowed to tilt the balance in favour of a candi date.
Judgment, page 21
From the headnote
Professional. Colleges-Admission to Medical Co/leges Graduate and Post-Graduate Courses-Reservation of seats-Holding of All-India Entrance Examinations-No weightage for rural service in admission to Post-Graduate Courses. By its main judgment in the case, the Court on 22nd June 1984 fixed the outer limit of reservation of seats in the medical colleges in the State for admission to the MBBS and BDS courses at 70 per cent. In respect of the resultant 30 per cent of the open seats thus available for admission of students on All Irtdia basis irrespective of the State or University from which
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 The State of Telangana & Ors. Etc. v. Kalluri Naga Narasimha Abhiram & Ors. Etc.
- 2019 Yatinkumar Jasubhai Patel and Others v. State of Gujarat and Others
- 2014 Vishal Goyal & Ors. v. State of Karnataka & Ors.
- 2012 Satyaprata Sahoo & Ors. v. State of Orissa & Ors.
Of those, 3 relied on · 1 referred to
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