Supreme Court junks plea on MBBS fee hike in Kerala Medical Colleges
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Government's plea challenging the High Court's (HC) interim order allowing private medical colleges to levy exorbitant MBBS fee was recently rejected by the Supreme Court.
The apex court further denied removing statements made by the HC against the fees committee and clarified that HC has pronounced an interim verdict and once the final verdict is announced, the government can approach the apex court if it has any objections.
With this, the MBBS aspirants seeking admission in the private medical colleges for the academic year of 2020-2021 will have to submit an affidavit mentioning that they will pay the fees according to the final verdict of the Supreme Court.
The State Government moved the apex court demanding to put a stay on the interim order pronounced by the high court, where it stated that in the absence of the National Medical Commission (NMC) Act that came into effect in 2019, the private medical colleges should accept a fee stipulated by a state fee committee on the basis of an SC order that states that the fees should be fixed on the basis of the financial capacity of the students.
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