Bombay HC bars institute-level admissions in private medical colleges

The high court upheld the PGMEB communication that stated - allowing institute level admissions for UG and PG medical courses contradicts the PGMEB's decision of July 24, 2023.

Bombay high court has ruled against the decision of Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test (CET) to permit private medical colleges to fill the vacant seats of MBBS and BDS at the institute level. 

As per the report of Hindustan Times, the division bench of Justice AS Chandurkar and Justice Abhay Mantri on November 10 said that the CET Cells's decision is contrary to the law.

The bench emphasised that three Common Admission Process (CAP) rounds and one stray vacancy round had already been conducted. Therefore, the State CET Cell had no authority to issue further notices allowing private medical colleges to fill the remaining vacant seats at their level.

The Background

Medical aspirants Aarya Thakare and Saniya Rahman from Nagpur challenged the PGMEB communication of October 10, which prohibited institute-level admissions. These students cannot secure seats through CAP rounds and secured MBBS seats at NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre in Nagpur through other quotas. However, PGMEB's subsequent notice jeopardised their admissions.

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