Whether senior citizens should get a quota in medical admissions is a question for the executive or the legislature, the Allahabad High Court has said, upholding the rejection of a plea for a 1% senior citizens quota in NEET admissions because no enforceable right supports a writ of mandamus. Lucknow: A special appeal by a […]
The NEET-PG 2026 answer key transparency plea will not be heard on its own: the Supreme Court has tagged it with matters already pending on the same question, with the Bench calling it an “unnecessary petition”. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, October 15, declined to take up separately a writ petition by the […]
The Democratic Medical Association has moved the Supreme Court against NBEMS’s October 1 notice on NEET-PG 2026, arguing that numerical question and option IDs do not let candidates verify their scores under the board’s shuffled-paper format, and seeking candidate-wise disclosure of actual questions, options and answers.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a plea by an MDS student seeking to continue his course, holding that under the Dental Council of India’s Master of Dental Surgery Course Regulations, 2017, the course must be completed within a maximum of six years from the date of admission, a limit the petitioner could not meet on any view. The Court noted that his attendance and examination record was also deficient, and found no ground to interfere.
“Both are doctors; the only thing is that he has studied abroad,” the Supreme Court observed, indicating it will pass comprehensive directions that all medical interns, whether Indian or foreign graduates, must be paid a stipend on parity, and warning States of contempt for non-payment. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has indicated that it will […]
The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that a father’s obligation toward his daughters includes funding higher education and not merely providing basic maintenance. Stressing that women empowerment must be implemented in practice, the Court directed payment of Rs 46.26 lakh towards the daughters’ medical and engineering education expenses.
Today, On 23rd February, The Supreme Court heard a plea challenging the reduction in the NEET PG 2025 percentile cut-off. In its affidavit, the Union of India stated, “NEET-PG is not to certify minimum competence… but to generate an inter se merit list… scores cannot be construed as determinative of clinical incompetence.”
