HC orders admission to disabled girl in medical course

Hearing a petition filed by the aggrieved girl, hailing from Malegaon, Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Nitin Jamdar directed the authorities to grant her admission as there was precedent in such matter.

Nupur had passed her HSC examination in March this year and appeared for Common Entrance Test (CET) in which she scored 117 out of 200. However, she was refused admission on the ground that she had 50 per cent permanent disability in the upper limb (left hand).

The Government argued that they have followed the rules which stipulate that a person with a permanent disability in upper limb cannot get admission in medical course.

However, the petitioner cited a Delhi High Court judgment in which Raman Khanna, who had permanent disability in upper limb, was granted admission in post graduate medical course.

It was also pointed out by the petitioner that this decision of the Delhi High Court had not been challenged by Medical Council of India either in High Court or Supreme Court.

Considering the Delhi High Court judgement as a precedent, the Bombay High Court directed the authorities to give admission to the petitioner although she had permanent disability in upper limb.