Supreme Court of India

Omkar Ramchandra Gond v. The Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2024] 10 S.C.R. 673
Bench B.R. Gavai, Aravind Kumar and K.V. Viswanathan JJ.
Decided 15 October 2024

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What the Court ordered

We hold that quantified disability per se will not dis-entitle a candidate with benchmark disability from being considered for admission to educational institutions.

Judgment, page 27

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the appellant should be disqualified from obtaining admission under the PwD category for the MBBS Course merely because his disability is quantified at 44% /45%. Headnotes† Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 – MBBS course – Admission for academic year 2024-25 – PwD category – Appellant has speech and language disability and is diagnosed with Hypernasality with Misarticulation IN K/ /O Repaired Bilateral CLEFT of palate – Appellant appeared for the NEET (UG) 2024 and qualified the same – As required, appellant underwent medical examination – The

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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