Siddhant Mahajan vs State Of Rajasthan

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2025 Supreme(SC) 2074

J. K. MAHESHWARI, VIJAY BISHNOI
Siddhant Mahajan – Appellant
Versus
State Of Rajasthan – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Manish Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Namrata Sharma, Adv. Ms. Nandani Gupta, Adv. Mr. Krishna Kumar, Adv. Ms. Rehana Begam, Adv. Dr. Mrs. Vipin Gupta, AOR Mr. Kumar Kartikey, Adv. Ms. Neelu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Maibam Nabaghanashyam Singh, AOR Mr. A A Bhashali, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Kumar, Adv. Mr. E Vinay Kumar, Adv. Dr. A A Banshali, Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Mr. Alka Goyal, Adv. Ms. Harshita Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Archana Preeti Gupta, Adv. Ms. Urvashi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Ankit Roy, AOR Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. Prateek Bhatia, AOR Mr. Dhawal Mohan, Adv. Ms. Alankrita Sinha, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Praveen Acharya, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Kaul, Adv. Mr. Aditya Bhati, Adv. Mr. Lakshay Sharma, Adv. Mr. Bhuvnesh Vyas, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kanoj, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Pallav Shishodia, Sr. Adv. Mr. Manan Shishodia, Adv. Mr. Chirag Joshi, Adv. Mr. Ghanshyam Joshi, AOR Ms. Sansriti Pathak, A.A.G. Ms. Shagufa Khan, Adv. Mr. Aman Prasad, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR Mr. Anand Shankar, AOR Mr. Prateek Bhatia, AOR Mr. Dhawal Mohan, Adv. Ms. Alankrita Sinha, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Praveen Acharya, AOR Ms. Charu Mathur, AOR Mr. Manish Raghav, AOR Mr. Manish Raghav, Adv. Mr. Jagdish Solanki, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Singh Dhillon, Adv. Mr. Sumit Saddi, Adv. Mr. Kartik Hooda, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Singh, Adv. Mr. Prakash Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Rajan Thakur, Adv.

Table of Content
1. admissions to bds in rajasthan case (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 9 , 10 , 12)
2. conclusion and directives (Para 30 , 31 , 32)
3. arguments by students, dci, colleges, and ruhs (Para 34 , 35 , 36 , 37)
4. court's observations on admission legality (Para 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49)
5. final legal principles established (Para 58 , 59 , 60 , 61)

JUDGMENT :

VIJAY BISHNOI, J.

Leave granted.

2. The present batch of appeals concerns the legality of the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (hereinafter referred to as “BDS”) course admissions granted in the State of Rajasthan for the academic year 2016-17 after lowering of the minimum percentile as prescribed for the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (hereinafter referred to as “NEET”) UG examinations.

3. The appeals have been preferred against the final Judgment and Order dated 04.05.2023 (hereinafter referred to as “impugned judgment”) passed in D.B. Spl. Appl. Writ No. 911/2018, D.B. Spl. Appl. Writ No. 957/2018, D.B. Spl. Appl. Writ No. 958/2018, D.B. Spl. Appl. Writ No. 959/2018, D.B. Spl. Appl. Writ No. 963/2018, D.B. Spl. Appl. Writ No. 964/2018, D.B. Spl. Appl. Writ No. 1155/2018, D.B. Spl. Appl. Writ No. 1184/2

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2025 Supreme(SC) 2074

J. K. MAHESHWARI, VIJAY BISHNOISiddhant Mahajan – AppellantVersusState Of Rajasthan – Respondent

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J. K. MAHESHWARI, VIJAY BISHNOI
Siddhant Mahajan – Appellant
Versus
State Of Rajasthan – Respondent