MP Private Medical Colleges challenge domicile validity for PG medical admissions: SC asks HC to decide
New Delhi: Asking the High Court to expedite the decision-making process regarding the 100% reservation in Post-graduate medical admission in Madhya Pradesh, the Supreme Court has recently set a deadline for the same.
The SC directed the High Court to arrive at a decision on August 25 and dismissed the Special Leave Petition by the association of Private Universities in Madhya Pradesh, according to Livelaw report.
As per the latest media report by Live Law, the association had challenged the reservation contending that such rules were unacceptable and incompatible with the "Fundamental Right to admit students of their choice", as the rules forced the private medical colleges to admit students of the State domicile in the important branches of PG medical courses precluding far more meritorious candidates from the All India Merit List.
However, back in 2019, the HC had denied staying the counseling process and following that, the Association had approached the Apex Court regarding the matter.
The top court in an order dated 15.07.2019, had requested the High Court to dispose the petition expeditiously. At that time, the Apex Court had also noted that as the matter concerned a vital question of law its "resolution cannot brook any delay".
However, the fate of the PG medical admission in Madhya Pradesh is yet to be decided as the High Court has once again adjourned the matter on August 4 and listed the matter to be next heard on 25.
Thus the association filed a special leave petition before the SC bench and counsel Siddharth R Gupta, representing the association submitted before the Court that continuous adjournments and deferral of the hearings has resulted in a situation when the counseling process for 2021-22 is to be conducted soon.
Contending that the issues raised in the petition before the HC are of larger importance as they are connected to the rights of the private medical colleges for admitting students of their choice from the All India Merit List, the counsel for the association requested the Supreme Court to direct the HC for taking a decision in this regard at the earliest, adds Live Law.
After listening to these contentions, the Supreme Court on Monday requested the HC to take up the matter at the earliest and decide the matter of PG medical counseling in Madhya Pradesh on August 25, the next date of hearing in the High Court.
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