Plea in Supreme Court seeking reduction of qualifying percentile for admission in Ayurveda course

The Supreme Court in the Case Amit Kumar v UOI & Or’s observed in Ayurveda course in view of large number of vacancies and for seeking reduction of qualifying percentile for admission, an ayurveda aspirant who appeared in NEET 2021 has approached the Court. the court had observed that lowering the minimum marks and reducing the percentile for admission to first year BDS Course would not amount to lowing the standards of Education and further the Court directed to lower the percentile mark by 10 percentiles for admission in first year of BDS Course for academic year 2020-2021, with regards to substantive the contentions made by the petitioner by referring the judgement passed in the case in Harshit Agarwal & Or’s v Union of India. the percentile may also be reduced for Ayurveda programme enabling the Petitioner to take admissions then If percentile is being reduced/considered for reduction for BDS course was further stated by the petitioner in the plea, while referring to an order dated 04.29.2022. Thereafter the top Court had asked Centre to consider lowering the percentile for BDS Courses. Seeking the Centre’s response in a plea by filing a counter affidavit, noted by the Top Court specifying the above-mentioned information: after deducting the admission granted for MBBS Courses (BDS Courses), the total number of Candidates. in All India Quota and State Quota, the totals number of vacant seats. in government colleges on one hand & private/deemed colleges on the other hand, the number of seats which are remaining. the petition was filed through AOR Neeraj Shekhar and for the petitioner Advocate Shivam Singh appeared. the admissions in the Ayurveda courses are being made by a common NEET2021 being conducted for the MBBS/BDS/AYUSH Courses and the petitioner further contended before the court while seeking to extend the last date of admission for academic year 2021-22. The Bench comprising of Justice DY Chandrachud and the justice Surya Kant observed and directed to not reduce the percentile for BDS Courses further the bench directed the same to be listed with the plea which challenge’s centre’s decision, listing of the petition before the bench.