September 17, 2016 7:41 AM

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SC stays Bombay High Court order allowing deemed universities to conduct admissions to medical courses

The Supreme Court has stayed a Bombay High Court order allowing deemed universities to conduct admissions to medical courses. The apex court Friday stayed the order till Monday and listed the matter before the Constitution bench where similar matters are pending. The court said, the High Court should not have stayed the orders of the Centre and the Maharashtra government.<br/><br/>The High Court had, on August 30, stayed the Maharashtra government's decision mandating centralised counselling for the students who appeared for the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) this year for medical and dental courses. <br/><br/>It had allowed the deemed universities in Maharashtra to hold their own counselling sessions for the admissions.<br/><br/>Private deemed universities running medical and dental colleges, had moved the High Court against a government resolution which provides for centralised counselling for admissions.

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