Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 366 · Decided 9 December 1987
Aarti Gupta and ORS. v. State of Punjab and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 366 · [1988] 2 S.C.R. 244
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3556/1987
- Decided
- 9 December 1987
- Bench
- RANGANATH MISRA, G.L. OZA, M.N. VENKATACHALIAH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Competitive Entrance Examination for admis»1on to the M.8.8.S./ B.D.S. Courses-Lowering of percentage of pass marks for the ) scheduled castes and scheduled tribes candidates for admission thereto c challenged. ~ One hundred seats out of the total seats available in the M.B.B.S./B.D.S. for whom the Indian Medical Council D had prescribed by its Regulation II a minimum of 40 per cent marks for eligibility of admission. The Government of Punjab by a notifica- tion (dated May 8, 1987) lowered the percentage of the pass marks for the said candidates from 40 per cent to 35 per
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