Yellamalli Venkatapriyanka vs State Of Maharashtra, Through Its Department Of Medical Education And Drugs Mantralaya, Bombay

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2018 Supreme(Bom) 2406

S.C.DHARMADHIKARI, BHARATI H.DANGRE
Yellamalli Venkatapriyanka – Appellant
Versus
State Of Maharashtra, Through Its Department Of Medical Education And Drugs Mantralaya, Bombay – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
V.M. Thorat, Adv., Pooja Thorat, Adv., Anukul, Adv., A.A. Kumbhakoni, Adv., Akshay Shinde, Adv., Shruti D Vyas, Adv., S.S. Patwardhan, Adv., M.M. Vashi, Adv., Aparna Devkar, Adv., Sankalp Anantwar, Adv., Dinesh Bhatia, Adv., Anurag Mankar, Adv., Zia Ul Mustafa, Adv., Quadri Taher Ali, Adv., Pradnya Talekar, Adv., Madhvi Ayyapan, Adv., S.B. Gastgar, Adv., Ashwin V Hon, Adv., Ajit D Hon, Adv., S.P. Rathod, Adv., Vijay M Thorat, Adv., Anukul Seth, Adv., Ashutosh A Kumbhakoni, Adv., Jyoti Chavan, Adv., Deepali Patankar, Adv., C.R. Naidu, Adv., Atharva Dandekar, Adv., Sanjay Deshmukh, Adv., P.H. Shingare, Adv.

JUDGMENT

S.C. Dharmadhikari, J. - These petitions, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, raise common questions of fact and law. They were heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. In such of the Writ Petitions which have been filed and not formally admitted, we grant Rule. The respondents waive service. We have been informed that the State Government has filed a comprehensive affidavit in a Writ Petition on the Original Side being Writ Petition (Lodg.) No. 1947 of 2018. That sets out the stand common to all the matters and, therefore, that is adopted in the other petitions by the contesting respondents.

3. As is usual in this Court and in the academic sessions, despite warning signals, reminders as also admonishment from the Hon''ble Supreme Court, the state of affairs with regard to admissions to undergraduate courses in medicines have not improved in the State of Maharashtra. In this regard, we can usefully refer to the anguish expressed by the Hon''ble Supreme Court while delivering its judgment in the case of Saurabh Choudri & Ors. vs. Union of India & Ors , (2003) 11 SCC 146. That decision is reported in . The lead judgment is delivered by

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2018 Supreme(Bom) 2406

S.C.DHARMADHIKARI, BHARATI H.DANGREYellamalli Venkatapriyanka – AppellantVersusState Of Maharashtra, Through Its Department Of Medical Education And Drugs Mantralaya, Bombay – Respondent

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S.C.DHARMADHIKARI, BHARATI H.DANGRE
Yellamalli Venkatapriyanka – Appellant
Versus
State Of Maharashtra, Through Its Department Of Medical Education And Drugs Mantralaya, Bombay – Respondent