Non-Payment of Stipend to MBBS Interns- Supreme Court to Hear Plea in July

The plea challenging non-payment of stipends to MBBS interns will be taken up by the Supreme Court for a hearing in July 2025, Live Law has reported.

As per the Daily, the issue concerning the stipends for doctors undergoing their MBBS internships was raised by the counsel for the petitioners before the Apex Court bench comprising CJI BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih for an urgent hearing.

The counsel informed the bench that the students were not getting any stipend at all. In this regard, the counsel submitted, "The stipend of medical students is not being given; that matter was to be listed before J Dhulia on May 19, but didn't come. Students are getting zero stipend."

Observing that the plea is currently listed before the Supreme Court bench presided by Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, the CJI asked, "When is he supposed to sit in vacation?"