Delhi HC issues notice to NMC, Punjab medical colleges on plea by MBBS students

The Delhi High Court has sought responses from the National Medical Commission (NMC) and four medical colleges of Punjab on a petition moved by four MBBS students, read here to know more.

Four MBBS students of Punjab filed a petition in Delhi High Court seeking direction from the respondents to restore and confirm their MBBS admissions at their respective medical colleges in terms of earlier policy i.e. Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997. The petitioners are also seeking direction from the respondents to grant a mercy chance in the form of an additional examination attempt to the petitioners.

Delhi High Court has now sent notice to the National Medical Commission (NMC) and four medical colleges of Punjab and asked for their responses on the petition, as reported by Hindustan Times.

The bench of justice Satish Chander Sharma and justice Subramonium Prasad sent notice to the respondents and scheduled the next hearing on October 7, 2022, after noting that the identical matters are also listed for hearing on the same day.

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The petitioners also seek direction for quashing Regulation No. 7.7 of Regulations on Graduate Medical Education (Amendment), 2019 issued by Respondent NMC whereby the said Regulation has been implemented retrospectively with respect to batches admitted in MBBS course from the academic year 2019-20 onwards.

The plea further stated that the impugned regulation is discriminatory in retrospective implementation i.e. having different yardsticks for students admitted in different years.

The petitioners were admitted to the MBBS course for the academic year 2019-2020 based on their ‘All India Rank’ and “Category Rank’ in the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) conducted by the National Testing Agency. 

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