MEET BHADRESH SHAH vs ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES & ORS.

$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on:19.01.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 02.02.2026 + W.P.(C) NO. 78/2026 MEET BHADRESH SHAH ...Petitioner Through: Ms. Anushree Kapadia, Mr. Pranay Bhardwaj, Mr. Shivank Singh, Advs. versus ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES & ORS. ...Respondents Through: Mr. Anand Varma, Mr. Ayush Gupta, Advocates. Mr. Kanav Vir Singh (SPC) for R-2 Mr. Siddharth Garg (Adv), Mr. Himanshu Chaubey (Adv), Mr. Srijan Sinha (Adv), Ms. Lihzu Shiney Konyak (Adv), Mr. Srajan Yadav (Adv), Ms. Trisha Garimala (Adv) for R-3 Mr. Kapil Midha, Ms. Muskaan Garg, Advs. for R-5 1. By way of this writ petition, the petitioner has approached this Court to challenge the rejection letter dated 02.01.2026 issued by the respondent No. 1 for cancelling the candidature of the petitioner for admission in DM Critical Care Medicine programme at the respondent No. 1 Institute. FACTUAL MATRIX AS PER THE PETITIONER 2. The petitioner is a candidate seeking admission to the DM Critical Care Medicine programme, for which he appeared in the Institute of National Importance Super-Specialty (“INI-SS”) Entrance exam and secured an All India Rank of 4. The respondent No.