Chandigarh, Feb. 21 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has upheld the decision of the Punjab government to make changes in the admission criteria under sports quota category seats for the MBBS course for the academic session 2023-2024 after the issuance of the prospectus.

The high court bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sumeet Goel asserted that no doubt prospectus carries the force of law and must be adhered to without any deviation, however, it cannot be said with certitude that under no circumstances no change whatsoever can be brought about in the criteria of the admission process.

".the criteria of admission process can be varied after the process has commenced provided such change satisfying the dual test viz. firstl...