MBBS Admission – Persons with Disability
The petitioner belongs to the Scheduled Caste and is a person with benchmark disabilities. Despite meritorious, the petitioner was denied admission from the category of Scheduled Caste-PwBD quota based on the quantification of disability.
In the extensive review assessment of the appellant by AIIMS Medical Board on the directions of the Supreme Court, it was found that the appellant successfully demonstrated skilled techniques in the simulation laboratory including chest compressions, intravenous cannulation, assembly of a laryngoscope, intubation and suturing.
The only minor challenge faced by the appellant during the entire procedure was putting on the sterilized standard glove.
We feel that the mindset must change and this trivial aberration, by no stretch of imagination, can be a ground to deny admission to the appellant in the MBBS UG Course when he is other qualified and scored exceeding high rank in the NEET-UG 2024.
Judgment dated 2.5.2025 of the Supreme Court of India in SLP [Civil] No.29275 of 2024 of Kabir Paharia Vs. National Medical Commission and others
