No absolute right for individuals to set up medical colleges: Supreme Court

Reiterating the opinion given by the Constitutional bench, the Supreme Court division bench recently made it clear that an individual's right to establish an educational institution including medical and dental colleges can be regulated in order to ensure the maintenance of proper academic standards, atmosphere and infrastructure and the prevention of maladministration.

Such observation was given by the top court bench comprising of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai while it quashed the Rajasthan High Court order striking down the Union Government notification dated May 21, 2012. In that notification the Dental Council of India had amended Regulation 6(2)(h) of the Dental Council of India (Establishment of New Dental Colleges, Opening of New or Higher Course of Studies or Training and Increase of Admission Capacity in Dental Colleges) Regulations, 2006.

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