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DELHI HIGH COURT
PRATEEK JALAN
HMS Unani Medical College and Hospital – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
| Table of Content |
|---|
| 1. review of college admissions criteria. (Para 1) |
| 2. regulation on minimum score for ayush admissions. (Para 2 , 3) |
| 3. arguments for further relaxation of neet scores. (Para 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 4. union's position on existing admission criteria. (Para 7) |
| 5. court analysis of union's discretion in admissions. (Para 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 6. court's final order on writ petitions. (Para 11) |
JUDGMENT
Prateek Jalan, J. (Oral)--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 Regulati
Discretion under regulations for educational admissions must be exercised considering only pertinent factors, and the Union's refusal to further lower NEET percentile requirements was lawful given th....
The discretion vested by Regulation 2(d) is applicable in a situation where there are insufficient candidates in the respective categories who have scored the minimum marks in the NEET. Interference ....
: If the criteria for minimum percentile is further reduced, this Court is doubtful about the standard of the students taking admission and is wary of their potential to undertake the professional co....
The court emphasized the importance of maintaining high standards in AYUSH education and the expertise of NCISM in making policy decisions. It also highlighted the potential risk of compromising medi....
Merely because interim orders have been passed which were adinterim exparte orders without the benefit of the arguments of the other side on the basis of the replies filed and the pleadings, such int....
Section 55(1) of 2020 Act empowers Commission to make regulations to carry out provisions.
(1) Judicial review of administrative action is permissible on grounds of illegality, irrationality and procedural impropriety – An administrative decision is flawed if it is illegal.(2) If reducing ....
The court upheld the minimum percentile requirement for postgraduate medical admissions, asserting the importance of maintaining high educational standards in medical education, which cannot be compr....
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