Supreme Court of India

Nikhil Himthani v. State of Uttarakhand & Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 14 S.C.R. 23

Bench A.K. Patnaik and Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla JJ.

Decided 6 August 2013

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we allow the writ petition, quash clauses 1, 2 and 3 of the Eligibility Criteria in the Information Bulletin and declare the admissions made on the basis of clauses 1, 2 and 3 of the Information Bulletin as void.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Education/Educational Institution - Admission - Medical college - Post graduate course - Information Bulletin issued by State providing eligibility for admission in post-graduate course in medical colleges of the State - Bullettin providing preference to the candidates on the basis of domicile for admission to the courses - Writ Petition challenging the Information Bulletin - Held: Giving preference to the candidates for admission to Post-graduate Courses in the Medical Colleges of the State, on the basis of domicile within the .State is violative or Art. 14 of the Constitution - Hence the

Authorities it was built on

2003 Saurabh Chaudri and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 23
1984 Dr. Pradeep Jain Etc. v. Union of India and Ors. Etc. cited by 22
1980 Jagdish Saran & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 11
2000 Dr. Parag Gupta Etc. v. University of Delhi and Ors cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2025 Dr. Tanvi Behl v. Shrey Goel & Ors. referred to
2018 Rajdeep Ghosh v. State of Assam & Ors. referred to
2018 Dr. Kriti Lakhina and Others v. State of Karnataka and Others referred to
2015 Dr. Sandeep S/o Sadashivrao Kansurkar and Others v. Union of India and Others mentioned
2014 Charu Khurana & Others v. Union of India & Others mentioned
2014 Vishal Goyal & Ors. v. State of Karnataka & Ors. mentioned
2019 Dr. Tanvi Behl v. Shrey Goel & Ors. distinguished

Of those, 1 distinguished · 3 referred to · 3 mentioned

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