MUMBAI: In a relief to a doctor who graduated in 2015 from the sought after Seth G S Medical college, in Mumbai, Bombay high court on Tuesday said it was not setting aside his admission or medical degrees but directed him to deposit a penalty of almost Rs 11 lakh as imposed in 2019 after his caste certificate was found to be ‘forged’’.
The HC bench of Justices S V Gangapurwala and R N Laddha said it was not a proper case to take away the degree, since under the rules because of his admission a seat of a ST candidate cannot be said to be lost. The rules say when a person opts for admission from the reserved category and the marks obtained in the qualifying examination are sufficient to admit him from open category, then his admission will have to be considered from open category and not a reserve category and one seat in college where he was eligible for open seat shall be earmarked for a candidate belonging to the reserve category.
