Doctor challenges Rs 30 lakh bond penalty for leaving seat, cites mental health; HC issues notice
While considering a doctor's plea challenging Rs 30 lakh seat leaving bond citing mental health concerns, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court sought to know the stand of the State Government in this regard. At the time of getting admission to Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore, the petitioner doctor had executed the Rs 30 lakh bond, which would be charged if he left the seat without completing the course. The seat leaving bond conditions further specified that without paying the seat leaving bond penalty, the students would not be able to get back his original documents.
In August this year, the 'National Task Force on Mental Health and Well-being of Medical Students', set up by the National Medical Commission (NMC) opined in its report that seat-leaving bonds and compulsory rural service bonds should be abolished. As an alternative to the seat-leaving bond, the Task Force has suggested prohibiting such students from applying to medical colleges for twenty-four months from the date of leaving.
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