Bombay HC takes up for students denied admission

Mumbai: The Bombay high court has expressed solidarity with the 50 MBBS aspirants denied admission to the state quota based on the domicile rule, and will pass orders on Thursday.

According to the students, they applied for the state quota after applying for the all India quota based on the information brochure but the state is now refusing to admit them.

On its part, the state argued that the students were aware of the domicile rule before applying and hence, could not claim any relief.

A division bench of Justices S.C. Dharmadhikari and Bharti Dangre was hearing petitions filed by students aggrieved by a July 17 notice issued by the Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell, stating that the status of students who had secured admission to both government and private medical colleges would be based on HC orders.

Around 45 students, who did not conform to the state domicile rule, having passed SSC and HSC exams from the state board, had secured admission based on a June 15 order of the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court.