Supreme Court of India
Asha v. Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the considered view that such cases, at least as of now and particularly for a specific period of the year require higher priority in the heavy business of court cases.
Judgment, page 29
From the headnote
EDUCATION: Medical admissions - MBBS course - Candidate securing more marks and placed higher in merit list, ignored on the ground of absence in counseling during relevant time - Held: The rule of merit for preference of courses and 0 colleges admits no exception - It is an absolute rule and all stakeholders and authorities concerned are required to follow this rule strictly and without demur - Record indicates that the candidate was present in the counseling at the time of attendance and even subsequent thereto - Directions issued for her admission to MBBS course. Medical admissions -
Authorities it was built on
- 1999 Dr. Preeti Srivastava and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.
- 1984 Dr. Pradeep Jain Etc. v. Union of India and Ors. Etc.
- 2001 A.i.i.m.s Students Union v. A.I.I.M.S. and Ors.
- 2003 The State of Madhypradesh and Ors. v. Gopal D. Tirthani and Ors.
- 2004 Bharati Vidyapeeth (deemed University) and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
- 2002 Medical Council of India v. Madhu Singh and Ors.
- 2002 Ms. Neelu Arora and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2001 State of Punjab v. Dayanand Medical College and Hospital and Ors.
- 2003 Harish Verma and Ors. v. Ajay Srivastava and Anr.
- 2011 Chowdhury Navin Hemabhai & Ors. v. The State of Gujarat & Ors.
- 2001 Arvind Kumar Kankane v. State of U.P. and Ors.
- 1989 State of Bihar and Ors v. Dr. Sanjay Kumar Sinha and Ors.
- 1981 Arti Sapru v. State of Jammu and Kashmir & Others
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Maharishi Markandeshwar University and Another v. Akriti Sharma and Others
- 2014 Chandigarh Administration & Another v. Jasmine Kaur & Others
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to
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