State of Telangana vs Kalluri Naga Narasimha Abhiram 2025 INSC 1058 - Art.245 Constitution - Medical College Admission - Local Candidate
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Telangana Medical & Dental Colleges Admission (Admission into MBBS & BDS Courses) Rules, 2017 - Local Candidate - Telangana HC expanded the definition of 'local candidate' to include any student who produced his residence certificate issued by a competent authority of the Government of Telangana - Allowing appeal, SC observed: Without a definition of what constitutes residence or at least without reference to a statute or rule prescribing the issuance of a residence certificate, the directions issued by the High Court would only result in an anomalous situation, making the reservation unworkable and open to a series of litigation. (Para 23) - Rule defining a local candidate perfectly in order - There was no warrant for a reading down when the definition is clear. (Para 33)
Constitution of India - Article 245,246 - The source of power to legislate has to be traced to Article 245 read with 246, while the entries in the three lists under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution are fields of legislation, demarcated as exclusively available to the Union, the State and concurrently; with the Parliament having overriding powers in matters enumerated as concurrent. When enacting a legislation, it is also permissible that the Parliament or the State Legislature may choose to occupy the various fields under the three lists but restricting to such demarcation of powers delineated under Article 246. (Para 18)
Case Info
Case Name and Neutral Citation
- Case Name: The State of Telangana & Ors. Etc. vs. Kalluri Naga Narasimha Abhiram & Ors. Etc.
- Neutral Citation: 2025 INSC 1058
Coram
- Coram:
- Hon’ble Mr. Justice B. R. Gavai (CJI)
- Hon’ble Mr. Justice K. Vinod Chandran
Judgment Date
- Date of Judgment: September 1, 2025
Caselaws and Citations
The judgment refers to several previous Supreme Court decisions and their citations:
- C. Surekha v. Union of India(1988) 4 SCC 526
- Union of India v. H.S. Dhillon(1971) 2 SCC 779
- Harakchand Ratanchand Banthia v. Union of India(1969) 2 SCC 166
- State of West Bengal v. Kesoram Industries Ltd.(2004) 10 SCC 201
- State of Andhra Pradesh v. National Thermal Power Corporation Limited(2002) 5 SCC 203
- Indian Aluminium Co. v. State of Kerala(1996) 7 SCC 637
- Tamil Nadu Medical Officers Association and Others v. Union of India and Others(2021) 6 SCC 568
- P. Sambamurthy v. State of A.P.(1987) 1 SCC 362
- Ahmedabad Municipal Corpn. v. Nilaybhai R. Thakore(1999) 8 SCC 139
- Meenakshi Malik v. University of Delhi & Ors.(1989) 3 SCC 112
- D.P. Joshi v. State of Madhya Bharat and Ors.(1955) 1 SCC 58
- Kumari N. Vasundara v. State of Mysore & Anr.(1971) 2 SCC 22
- Pradeep Jain v. Union of India1984 AIR 1420
- Dinesh Kumar (Dr.) v. Motilal Nehru College(1986) 3 SCC 727
- Anand Madaan v. State of Haryana(1995) 2 SCC 135
- Rajdeep Ghosh v. State of Assam and Others2018 INSC 718
Statutes/Laws Referred
- Constitution of India
- Article 371D
- Article 226
- Articles 245 & 246
- Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admissions) Order, 1974 (Presidential Order)
- Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Prohibition of Capitation Fee) Act, 1983 (Admission Act of 1983)
- Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014
- Telangana Medical & Dental Colleges Admission (Admission into MBBS & BDS Courses) Rules, 2017
- G.O. (MS) No.33 dated 19.07.2024 (Amendment to Rules of 2017)
- Seventh Schedule to the Constitution (Entry 25 of List III, Entry 53 and 54 of List II, Entry 66 of List I)
