No relief on FMGE: SC declines plea asking to defer exam for foreign stuck MBBS passouts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a plea seeking to postpone the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE), a licensure examination held for students who have done MBBS courses from foreign countries, slated for August 31, 2020.
A plea was filed in the top court stating that several students are struck in foreign countries and they are not in a position to return to India to take this exam.
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A bench, headed by Justice Arun Mishra and comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Krishna Murari, noted: "Why should all students suffer because of the inconvenience of some?"
The bench also noted that the exam is held twice in a year and students who miss the first attempt could take the second exam.
However, the top court allowed the other prayer of the petitioner to consider the request for change of exam centers. Disposing of the plea, the top court asked the National Board of Examination to take a decision, within two days, on the prayer of the petitioner seeking a change of exam centers.
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