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PRATEEK JALAN
HMS Unani Medical College and Hospital – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Prateek Jalan, J.
The proceedings in the matter have been conducted through video conferencing.
1. The petitioners are colleges offering Ayurveda and Unani courses. The grievance with which they have approached the Court is that the Union of India [“the Union”] has rejected their representations to reduce the minimum percentile which a candidate must score in the National Eligibility Entrance Test [“NEET”] in order to be eligible for admission to AYUSH courses.
2. Mr. A. Mariarputham, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners, refers to a notification of the Central Council of Indian Medicine [“CCIM”] dated 07.12.2018, by which the Indian Medicine Central Council (Minimum Standards of Education in Indian Medicine) Regulations, 1986 [“the Regulations”] were amended. By virtue of Regulation 2 of the amendment Regulations, the eligibility criteria for admission in the Bachelor of Ayurveda programme were revised. The relevant clause for the purposes of the present petitions is Regulation 2(d) of the said Regulations, which provides as follows: -
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