Transgender mbbs neet case case sc update

ITEM NO.28 COURT NO.1 SECTION X
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 461/2025 KIRAN A.R & ORS. Petitioner(s)
VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)
(IA No. 114812/2025 – EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF)
Date : 01-09-2025 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN
For Petitioner(s) :
Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Paras Nath Singh, AOR Mr. Rohin Bhatt, Adv.
Mr. Harshit Anand, Adv.
Mr. Rajagopalan R., Adv.
Mr. Sadeeq Sherwani, Adv.
For Respondent(s) :
Mr. Sudarshan Lamba, AOR Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, A.S.G.
Mr. Kamal Digpaul, Adv.
Mr. Digvijay Dam, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Karol, Adv.
Ms. Pankhuri Shrivastava, Adv.

Mr. Mrinal Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Sunil J Mathews, Adv.
Ms. Jyoti Chib, Adv.
Mr. Samanwaya Rautray, Adv.

Mrs. Archana Pathak Dave, A.S.G.
Mr.Kamal Digpaul, Adv.
Mr. Digvijay Dam, Adv.
Mr.Sarthak Karol, Adv.
Mr. Raghvendra Shukla, Adv.
Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR

Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
Mr. Dhruv Yadav, Adv.

Ms. Disha Singh, AOR Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv.

Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv.

Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Neha Singh, Adv.
Mr. Alok Sangwan, Sr. A.A.G.
Mr. Anurag Kulharia, A.A.G.
Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Mr. Sumit Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Sangwan, Adv.
Mr. Shikhar Narwal, Adv.
Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv.
Mr. T. V. Surendranath, Adv.
Mr. Ramendra Nath Makhal, Adv.
Mr. Kirtikar Sukul, Adv.
Mr. Gaj Singh, Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Vikram Singh, Adv.
Ms. Divya Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Srivastava, A.A.G.
Ms. Sugandha Anand, AOR Mr. Bhargava Ravikumar, Adv.
Mr. Rushab Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR

Mr. Naveen Sharma, AOR Mrs. Swati Bhushan Sharma, Adv.
Mr. S.k. Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Payal Gola, Adv.

Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv.
Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.
Mrs. Devika A.l., Adv.
Mr. Santhosh K, Adv.
Mr. Omkar Deshpande, Adv.
Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.
Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR
Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv.

Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.
Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.

Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR

Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR Mr. P. Venkatraju, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Abhishek, Adv.

Mr. Chinmoy Pradip Sharma, Sr. A.A.G.
Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv.

Mr. Sarvesh Singh Baghel, AOR
Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv.
Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv.
Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv.
Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R List this matter in the week commencing from 15.09.2025.
(DEEPAK SINGH) (ANJU KAPOOR)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

SYNOPSIS
1. The present petition has been filed under Article 32 of
the Constitution of India, against the the Notice dated
16.04.2025 and Information Bulletin dated 17.04.2025
(hereinafter collectively referred to as ‘Impugned
Notice’) issued by the Respondent No.2 regarding the
conduct of National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test
(NEET) – PG- 2025-26. The said impugned notification
has been issued in contravention of the directions of this
Hon’ble Court in the National Legal Services Authority
(NALSA) v Union of India (2014) 5 SCC 438
(NALSA). The Petition seeks the quashing of the
impugned admission Notice dated 16.04.2025 and the
Information Bulletein dated 17.04.2025
issued
thereunder as being violative of Article 14, 15, 19(1)(a)
and 21 of the Constitution of India and in contravention
of directions of this Hon’ble Court in NALSA (supra).
Vide the present Petition, the Petitioners also seek
direction from this Hon’ble Court to further direct the
Respondents to issue a fresh admission notice which
provides compartmentalised horizontal reservation to the
Petitioners/for transgender persons by reserving 1% of
seats for transgender persons in each vertical category
and for an ad-interim stay on the admission notice dated
16.04.2025, during the pendency of the present petition.
It is stated that the Impugned admission Notice also
violates Article 144 of the Constitution of India.