Delhi High Court sent notice to government regarding upper age limit for veterinary courses

The Delhi High Court (Delhi Highcourt) on Tuesday issued a notice to the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy and Veterinary Council. Respondents have been sought on a petition challenging the upper age limit of 25 years as a criterion for entry into veterinary science and animal husbandry degree course. The age limit was brought by the government under Regulation 6 of the Minimum Standards of Veterinary Council of India Veterinary Education – (Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry – Degree Course) Regulations, 2016.

A division bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh sought the response of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy and Veterinary Council, after the hearing of advocate Zoheb Hussain and advocate Vivek Gurnani on behalf of the petitioner and hearing the matter till 13 January. To avert. The petition states that the prohibition is a violation of the fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14, 19 (l) (g) and 21 of the Constitution, apart from any reasonable connivance with the objective of maintaining minimum standards of veterinary education Creating two artificial classes of students is also a violation of Article 14.

The argument also states that the said regulation has the right to practice the profession of choice of any person or to carry on any business or business guaranteed under Article 19 (I). The respondents have been informed that admission to BVSC and AH degree course will be on the basis of merit obtained in the above NEET exam.

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Moreover, the petition also said that setting an upper age limit for admission to the degree course, the respondent students an invisible classification by dividing a square of two artificial and irrational sections The age limit of 25 is fixed for general category students and 30 for students of SC / ST / OBC categories. He has the right to avail medical education as a guarantee by the Constitution of India.

The petition states that the determination of the maximum age limit is neither for the purpose behind the framing of the 2016 rules nor does it fit into the scheme of those rules which are primarily to uphold the standards of veterinary education Has been prepared for.