Stating that a less meritorious candidate being awarded an MBBS seat of a student having a “brilliant academic career” due to a procedural mistake is “not in consonance” with the scheme of admissions, the Gujarat High Court has restored the admission of an 18-year-old aspiring doctor, who had failed to provide a mandatory document during the admission process.

The court also directed the student to submit an undertaking that she would serve an additional six months in rural areas as a compensation.

In an oral order on Monday, Justice Nirzar Desai of the Gujarat High Court directed the respondent medical college to restore the admission of the student, who had already paid the fees for the academic year but failed to submit an important document — the Provisional Admission Order– during t

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