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The problem before us is altogether different. In this case everybody subject to the minimum qualification prescribed was at liberty to apply for admission. The Government objective in selecting a number of them was certainly not improper in the circumstances of the case.

22. In Unni Krishnan, J.P. v. State of AP., . a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court considered the question whether the Constitution of India guarantees fundamental right to education to all its citizens. The Court noticed that by reason of catena of the decisions of the Supreme Court right to go abroad, right to privacy, right against solitary confinement, right against Bar fetters, right to legal aid, right to speedy trial, right against Handcuffing, right against delayed execution of death sentence, right against pubic hanging, right to Doctor's assistance and right to shelter are recognized as included in the right to life and liberty (See paragraph 31 of the judgment of Mohan, J.). The Court, however, reversed the earlier judgment in Mohini Jain v. State of Karnataka, . which held that a citizen has fundamental right to education for medical, engineering or other professional degree courses. Justice B.P. Jeevan Reddy, with whom Chief Justice Sharma, Bharucha, Mohan, JJ, agreed, laid down (in para- graph 145 of the judgment), as under: