The National Board of Examination conducted NEET MDS 2018 and the State of Chhattisgarh was to fill postgraduate dental seats through a three‑stage counselling process ending on 31 May 2018 at 4:30 p.m. After the mop‑up round, three seats remained vacant in private dental colleges, but the colleges …
The Dental Council of India (DCI) amended Regulation 6(2)(h) of its 2006 Regulations, mandating that new dental colleges be attached to a recognised medical college within a specified distance. Biyani Shikshan Samiti (respondent) challenged the amendment, alleging that the Council exceeded its …
The petitioners, a group of unaided minority medical and dental colleges, challenged the validity of the NEET (National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test) notifications issued by the Medical Council of India and Dental Council of India, arguing that the uniform entrance examination violated their …
The case concerned the election of a member to the Dental Council of India under the Dentists Act, 1948 and the Dental Council (Election) Regulations, 1952. Respondent No.1, Shaji K. Joseph, was denied inclusion in the electoral roll and his nomination was rejected; he challenged the rejection in …
The Educare Charitable Trust, which runs a dental college, applied to the Central Government in August 2012 to double its BDS intake from 50 to 100 seats for the 2013‑14 academic year. The application was rejected because the college had not yet obtained DCI recognition for its existing 50‑seat …
The Supreme Court examined four notifications issued by the Medical Council of India (MCI) and the Dental Council of India (DCI) that introduced a single National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to MBBS, BDS and postgraduate medical courses. Petitioners, including Christian …
K.B. Nagur, an Ayurvedic doctor, filed a public‑interest writ petition alleging that elections to the Central Council of Indian Medicine had not been held for two decades and that Section 7 of the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 – specifically the clause "or until his successor shall have …
Priyadarshini Dental College applied for renewal of its fourth‑year BOS course permission for 2010‑11. The Dental Council of India (DCI) found deficiencies and recommended non‑renewal, leading the Central Government to refuse the renewal. After a hearing ordered by the Madras High Court, the Central …
The Supreme Court examined whether a Government of India notification dated 6 March 2009, which placed the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BOS) degrees awarded to Indian students of Mauras College of Dentistry, Mauritius in Part III of the Dentists Act schedule, was valid. Mauras College, though located …
The S.R.M. Institute filed a writ petition seeking to start six new M.D.S. courses without obtaining the essentiality certificate from the Tamil Nadu State Government, arguing that the High Court erred in directing the Government of India to process its incomplete application. The Dental Council of …
Dr. S, a professor at AIIMS, was a member of the Dental Council under Section 3(d) of the Dentists Act, 1948. After his retirement, AIIMS nominated Har! Prakash to fill the vacancy, but the Council terminated his membership, holding that AIIMS was not a "University established by law" and thus could …
The Subharti K.K.B. Charitable Trust sought to establish a dental college with an annual intake of 100 students, but the Dental Council of India (DCI) recommended only 60 seats, which the Central Government accepted. The Allahabad High Court issued a mandamus directing the DCI and the Central …
The Supreme Court examined whether the State of Karnataka and its universities could increase the admission capacity of medical colleges despite the provisions of Sections I0A, I0B and I0C of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (as amended in 1993). The Court held that the Medical Council of India, …
The State of Punjab appealed against a Punjab High Court order that admitted Renuka Singla to a vacant B.D.S. seat on "compassionate ground" and created an additional seat for Savita Gera, both claiming reservation for backward areas. Renuka had not claimed reservation in her original application …
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