Pradhan is a student of the R Y K Science College in Nashik. She passed the HSC (Science) examination in March 1999, securing 83 per cent of marks. She appeared for the CET conducted by the MUHS on Mary 23, 1999 and secured 104.5 marks out of 150 in the PCB group. Her State merit list number was 2051 and the regional merit list number was 1510. In view of the seat availability position during the first round, she was able to get a payment seat for the MBBS course in the Dhule college. The 100 seats at the D Y Patil Womens' Medical College were not available then. She claimed the seat out the State merit list. She has stated that since she was provisionally selected for admission to the Dhule college and the first round of admissions was still in progress, and that the 100 seats of the Pune college were not publicised earlier, she had the right totransfer her admission from one private college to another and from one payment seat to another.

She had approached the college and the university, but was reportedly told that her selection and admission process had been completed and that there was no question of considering her case for admission to another college.She has prayed that the court declare the rule which does not permit transfer from one private medical college to another as illegal; order respondents to consider her case for admission to the Pune college and that her admission to Nashik District Maratha Vidhya Prasarak Samaj's Medical College, Nashik be also considered. Incidentally, the MUHS has declared the first round of admissions would be completed by Saturday.