SC slams Central Govt, MCI; allows 4 debarred medical colleges to admit students this year

New Delhi The Centre's decision debarring many medical colleges from admitting students for two years was quashed by the Supreme Court which observed a "cryptic and mechanical order" was passed which cannot stand judicial

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the government and the Medical Council of India (MCI) to permit the petitioner colleges to admit students till September 5 for the 2017-18 academic session and allot seats in the MBBS course through central counselling as per merit.

The colleges that have been given relief include

1.  Sridev Suman Subharti Medical College, Dehradun- 150 seats


2. Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh- 150 seats


3. Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka- 150 MBBS seats


4. Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhilai, Chhatisgarh -150 MBBS seats

In the case of Sridev Suman Subharti Medical College, Dehradun, the bench, also comprising Justices Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar, observed in its judgement that despite the apex court asking the competent authority to reconsider the matter, "it opted to pass a cryptic and mechanical order which suffers from the vice of non-application of mind, if not perverse". The said judgement, which had been pronounced on the 30th August, 2017, then became the basis of following judgements of other medical colleges, pronounced on 31St August.