The court further directed the authorities to invite objections from candidates in accordance with the prescribed policy after the completion of the admission process.
In its judgment, the LHC observed that no reasonable justification had been provided for withdrawing the question papers. It referred to a letter issued by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) on September 10 in this regard.
The court noted that candidates had been deprived of access to the question papers in both hard-copy form and through the UHS website. This made it practically difficult for them to raise objections based on their recollection of the 180 questions included in the examination.
The judgment also observed that although mechanisms for filing objections and requesting rechecking existed, they were ineffective in practice.
According to the verdict, the counsel representing UHS acknowledged that the examination guidelines allowed candidates to take their question papers home. The court noted that no subsequent amendment had been issued to change this policy.
Rejecting the argument against judicial intervention, the LHC observed that matters relating to examinations were not beyond the scope of judicial review.
The court clarified that its ruling applied specifically to Punjab’s MDCAT 2026 examination and did not establish a general policy for future examinations.
The judgment also expressed displeasure over the UHS registrar’s failure to appear before the court despite being summoned. However, the court did not impose any penalty over the absence.
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