In a recent judgement the Supreme Court of India directed the Maharashtra Govt. accommodate a candidate in the first year MBBS in the next session i.e. NEET 2024 who was wrongfully denied admission last year in the state quota of Maharashtra.
The candidate was a domicile of Maharashtra residing outside the state as his father was a central govt. employee. Despite producing all the required documents the candidate candidature was rejected by the college without any notice.
The petitioner challenged this cancellation of the seat in the Bombay High Court but the case was dismissed. Later, the judgement of Bombay High Court was challenged in the Supreme Court wherein the Court directed that until a suitable rectification is made in the guidelines/rules, candidate(s) domicile of the Maharashtra having acquired SSC and/or HSC qualification from any recognized institution, whose parent(s) are domiciles of Maharashtra and employed in the Central Government or its Undertaking, defence services and/or in paramilitary forces, and such parent(s) are posted at any place in the country as on the last date of document verification, shall be entitled for a seat in MBBS Course in the Maharashtra State quota.
