In Brief
These petitions challenge institutional preference in post-graduate medical course admissions under Regulation 9 of the Post-Graduate Medical Education Admission Regulation, 2000, particularly following the introduction of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). The petitioner argued that all admissions should be merit-based solely on NEET scores, while respondent universities relied on paragraph 72 of the precedential five-Judge bench decision in Saurabh Chaudri, which recognized distinctions created by NEET's introduction. The two-Judge bench, finding the issue constitutionally important and potentially in conflict with established precedent, referred the matters to a larger Bench rather than deciding them on the merits, granting liberty to parties to seek early hearing before the Chief Justice.
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