Ukraine returned medical students file PIL in SC to resume studies in India
The medical students who returned from Ukraine want to resume their studies in India, they have filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in Supreme Court seeking admission to Indian medical colleges.
The Russian invasion in Ukraine compelled the Indian medical students to leave Ukraine and return to India. Scores of such students have safely returned to India but now their future looks uncertain as their studies have been disrupted and as the war is ongoing, the chances of these students returning back are also bleak. Now, these students have knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court to continue their studies in India.
The petition has been filed through advocates Dr Neetu Naidu and Rana Sandeep Busa. It urges the government to look into the matter and make ways for admission of these students to Indian medical colleges.
The petition says, "It has to be taken into consideration that National Medical Commission has allowed Foreign Medical Graduates to complete their internship in India due to the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, so in this backdrop, the government must consider the plight of medical students who were forced to flee for their lives leaving behind their medical education in between and returned back to India because the ongoing war," as reported by News 18.
"The abrupt stop in their education is affecting the fundamental rights of almost 20,000 Indian medical students, particularly the right to life & right to equality. Once the students are returning back to India their prospects are bleak and poor. In this dire situation it is the duty of the central and state government to come forward and extend and helping hand to the students and their families," the plea added.
Pravasi Legal Cell filed PIL in Delhi HC
A PIL has also been filed in Delhi High Court by the petitioner Pravasi Legal Cell on behalf of 20,000 Ukraine returnee Indian medical students. The PIL is seeking direction for the Centre and National Medical Commission to take measures to enable these students to resume their studies in India.
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