Supreme Court Directs AMU to pay Internship Stipend Arrears to FMGs at par with Indian Medical Graduates

The Supreme Court has directed the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to give internship stipend arrears to 11 Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) within 2 weeks.

While considering the plea filed by these medical graduates from abroad, the Supreme Court issued directions to the AMU to disburse the stipend of Rs 26,300 per month to the petitioners within two weeks to ensure that the FMGs get the same amount of stipend, which is already being paid to the Indian Medical Graduates.

The plea before the Supreme Court was filed by 11 medical graduates from abroad who completed their primary medical education from foreign medical institutes and qualified as FMGs. Consequently, they underwent an internship at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh- a constituent college of AMU and they are now completing their internship tenure.

Aggrieved by the non-payment of stipends given to them during the Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship (CRMI), they filed a plea before the Supreme Court. They were represented by Advocate Charu Mathur. They pointed out that even though AMU paid an internship stipend to Indian Medical Graduates (IMGs), they were left out.

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Pay Internship Stipend Arrears to FMGs at par with Indian Medical Graduates: Supreme Court Directs AMU