STATE OF MAHARASHTRA vs DR. D Y PATIL VIDYAPEETH .

The Supreme Court addressed the interim order of the Bombay High Court that stayed the Government of India's directive for centralized counselling for MBBS/BDS admissions based on the NEET merit list. The Court emphasized that deemed universities, established under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, are autonomous and must adhere to the merit list but can conduct their own counselling. The Court held that the State's attempt to impose centralized counselling was ultra vires the Maharashtra Act No. XXVIII of 2015, which does not apply to deemed universities.