Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 623 · Decided 2 May 2025
Kabir Paharia v. National Medical Commission and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 623 · [2025] 5 S.C.R. 653
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5836/2025
- Decided
- 2 May 2025
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, SANDEEP MEHTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16, 21
Headnote
Whether the denial of admission to the appellant in the MBBS UG course under Scheduled Castes PwBD quota was grossly illegal, arbitrary and violative of the appellant's fundamental rights as guaranteed u/Arts.14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. course - Person with benchmark disabilities - The appellant being a person with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) belongs to the reserved category of Scheduled Caste was denied admission to the MBBS UG course despite standing high in merit in his category owing to his disability -
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