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Hold Fresh Admission Counselling for Med Students, Maha Govt Told

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New Delhi: Coming down heavily on the Maharashtra government for the problems being faced by students in admissions to post graduate medical and dental courses in the 2019-20 academic year, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed it to conduct the final round of counselling by June 14.

The court questioned the state for not conducting any counselling after the apex court's order stayed the notification to grant 10 per cent reservation in the admissions for 2019-20 to economically weaker sections (EWS) in PG medical and dental courses.

A vacation bench of Justices Indu Malhotra and M R Shah directed the state to issue advertisements in local newspapers, having wide publication, for counselling for admission in the current academic year and also to specify that it would be the "final round of counselling". It directed that the entire process of counselling should be completed on or before June 14 and admissions be given on the basis of merit.