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Reportable
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
Civil Appeal No. 867 of 2021 (@ SLP (C) No.179 of 2021)
Index Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre. .... Appellant(s)
Versus
The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. …. Respondent (s)
WITH Civil Appeal No. 868 of 2021 (@ SLP (C) No.1109 of 2021)
Civil Appeal No. 869 of 2021 (@ SLP (C) No.1274 of 2021)
O R D E R
Leave granted.
1. We had heard the above set of Appeals and passed an order
on 03.02.2021 as follows:
“After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, we
declare Rule 12 (8) (a) of the Madhya Pradesh Chikitsa
Shiksha Pravesh Niyam, 2018 as violative of Article 14 of the
Constitution of India.
We direct the State of Madhya Pradesh to initiate the
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process of filling up the 7 unfilled seats of 1st year MBBS
course in the mop-up round for the year 2020-21 by college
level counselling within a period of 7 days from today.
Reasons to follow.”
2. Reasons for the order dated 03.02.2021 are given
hereinunder:-
3. The Appellants-Private Medical Colleges filed Writ Petitions in
the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Bench at Indore, challenging the
Constitutional validity of Sub-Rule 8 (a) of Rule 12 of the Admission
Rules (Madhya Pradesh Chikitsa Shiksha Pravesh Niyam), 2018
(hereinafter, ‘the Rules’). Aggrieved by the dismissal of the Writ
Petitions, the Appellants are before this Court.
4. Th...