Faculty Rules: Doctors Challenge MCI TEQ Regulations in Court
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The petitioners said there was no age limit prescribed when they joined the PG medical courses.
Chennai: Various doctors have filed a petition in the Madras High Court against a clause of the Medical Council of India which prescribes 40 as the maximum age limit for appointment to the post of senior resident or assistant professor in medical colleges. Doctors in their petition have asked the court to declare the MCI legislation "unconstitutional, ultra vires, discriminatory and illegal"
The public interest litigation (PIL) petition came up recently before a bench, comprising Justices S Manikumar and Subramanioum Prasad.The bench posted the matter for further hearing on September 19 after Assistant Solicitor General Karthikeyan, appearing on behalf of the MCI, sought time to file a counter.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that last year the Medical Council of India had amended the Teachers eligibility Qualifications Rules (TEQ) bringing many changes in the rules for doctors to enter medical academia
Chennai: Various doctors have filed a petition in the Madras High Court against a clause of the Medical Council of India which prescribes 40 as the maximum age limit for appointment to the post of senior resident or assistant professor in medical colleges. Doctors in their petition have asked the court to declare the MCI legislation "unconstitutional, ultra vires, discriminatory and illegal"
The public interest litigation (PIL) petition came up recently before a bench, comprising Justices S Manikumar and Subramanioum Prasad.The bench posted the matter for further hearing on September 19 after Assistant Solicitor General Karthikeyan, appearing on behalf of the MCI, sought time to file a counter.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that last year the Medical Council of India had amended the Teachers eligibility Qualifications Rules (TEQ) bringing many changes in the rules for doctors to enter medical academia
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