Very important judgement by SC
Omkar is a student who is also disabled. When he applied for a UG medicine seat, he was denied. A rule under Graduate Medical Education Regulation of 1997 was quoted as the reason for denial. Under that regulation, a person with equal or more than 40% disability cannot pursue MBBS course.
Omkar has filed a case. A three-judge bench in Supreme Court consists of Justices BR Gavai, Aravind Kumar and KV Viswanathan has pronounced that this should not stop the disabled person to get admission. In fact, there has to be an expert report on it.
In this case, Omkar has been allowed to take admission in MBBS course, since the medical board has opined that he can pursue medical education without any impediment.
In general, 40% benchmark is to decide whether one is disabled or not.
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