{"id":141363,"date":"2021-02-09T18:46:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T13:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/?p=141363"},"modified":"2021-02-09T19:17:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T13:47:12","slug":"supreme-court-centre-bds-course-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/constitutional-law-news\/supreme-court-news\/supreme-court-centre-bds-course-admission\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court sets aside Centre decision not to reduce marks for BDS course admission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Supreme Court<\/a> has set aside the decision of the Centre not to reduce the minimum marks for admission to BDS course in 2020-2021 while stating that it suffers from the vices of \u201cillegality\u201d and \u201cirrationality\u201d. The Apex Court has directed that the vacant seats in the first year BDS Course for 2020-2021 shall be filled up from the candidates who have participated in the NEET (UG) courses for 2020-2021 after lowering the percentile mark by 10 percentile.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n A two-judge bench headed by Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Krishna Murari has noted in its order that the managements of private dental colleges shall consider reducing the fee charged by them to encourage students to join the college. The Supreme Court agreed with the Centre that the high fee charged by private dental colleges contributes to BDS seats not getting filled up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Court has directed that the candidates belonging to the general category who have secured 40 percentile shall be eligible to be considered for admission in the first-year BDS Course for 2020-2021. \u201cLikewise, students belonging to the SC\/ST\/OBC categories shall be qualified if they have secured 30 percentile. In so far as General candidates with bench mark disabilities specified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, they would be eligible if they have secured 35 percentile. The admissions shall be made strictly in accordance with merit and the admission process shall be completed by 18.02.2021,\u201d <\/em>said the Top Court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It further said, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAny other student who has qualified in NEET (UG) – 2020 even without lowering the minimum marks and is willing to participate in the admission process shall also be considered for admission to BDS course.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Lowered NEET cutoffs for BDS Courses 2020-2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n