Summary
The Supreme Court dismissed Maharashtra’s appeal and upheld the striking down of the domicile condition in its 30 January 2018 notification for postgraduate medical and dental admissions in unaided private institutions. Relying on Pradeep Jain, Vishal Goyal and its judgment of the previous day concerning a similar Karnataka condition, the Court affirmed the High Court’s distinction between permissible institutional preference and the impugned domicile requirement.
Issues
- Whether the Maharashtra domicile eligibility condition for the specified postgraduate admissions could stand.
Held
- The High Court had invalidated condition (ii), which required the candidate to be domiciled in Maharashtra, relying on Pradeep Jain and Vishal Goyal. The Supreme Court affirmed that view in light of its 4 April 2018 judgment accepting a challenge to a similar Karnataka condition on the same authorities. (¶¶ 3, 5, 6, 7)
Result
State appeal dismissed without costs; High Court’s invalidation of condition (ii) in the notification dated 30 January 2018 upheld.