Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 836 · Decided 25 October 2024
Om Rathod v. The Director General of Health Services & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 836 · [2024] 10 S.C.R. 2187
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 12110/2024
- Decided
- 25 October 2024
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21, 19, 14, 15
Headnote
Appellant had lower limb myopathy, a locomotor disability. He secured an all India PwD rank of 84 and a State PwD rank of 4 in NEET UG Examination 2024. However, was held ineligible to pursue MBBS course by the designated Medical Board holding that the appellant was 88% disabled which was higher than the maximum permissible disability fixed by the regulation governing admission in the PWD category for MBBS course. By way of the impugned judgment, High Court held that the certification of the degree of disability was in
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