YOGANAND VISHWARRAO PATIL vs IYER NIKHIL LAKSHMAN . — C.A. No. 5504/2004

Summary of C.A. No. 005504/2004 The Supreme Court allowed the civil appeals filed by reserved category candidates challenging the High Court's ban on seat ear-marking for post-graduate medical admissions. The Court directed Maharashtra to implement the ear-marking rule from 2000 for admissions from 2005-2006 onwards, enabling reserved category candidates admitted on merit in open seats to have one seat earmarked for successive reserved category candidates. Admissions for 2004-2005 remained unaffected. No costs awarded. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.