Overview
- The bench held Rajasthan had no authority to reduce NEET-UG qualifying percentiles for BDS in 2016–17, a power reserved for the Centre in consultation with the Dental Council of India.
- Each erring private dental college must deposit Rs 10 crore and the State must deposit Rs 10 lakh with the Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority within eight weeks.
- The deposits will be kept in fixed term accounts with interest directed to One Stop Centres, Nari Niketans, old age homes and child care institutions under oversight of a five-judge Rajasthan High Court committee.
- Students whose BDS courses are completed and degrees issued are protected, subject to filing affidavits within eight weeks to render up to two cumulative years of pro-bono service during declared emergencies.
- Relief is expressly confined to completed-degree cases and not a precedent, with the Court censuring colleges for admitting candidates with zero or negative NEET scores and noting systemic lapses by State and regulators.