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Foreign MBBS Medicos must secure 50 percent marks in 10+2 to appear in FMGE: Delhi HC
New Delhi: Dismissing the plea by a Foreign Medical Graduate, the Delhi High Court bench recently clarified that as per the IMC Act, 1956, the medical graduates from abroad are required to possess 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology in order to appearing in the Screening Test.
Such an observation was made by the HC bench comprising of Justice Kameswar Rao while considering a plea by a candidate who scored less than 50 percent in his 10+2 examination and therefore had been declared to be ineligible to appear for the Screening Test by NMC.
"...it is clear that in view of the provisions of the IMC Act, 1956, read with the regulations made there under, the petitioner was necessarily required to be eligible for admission to an MBBS course in India, i.e., he should have possessed 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together for him to be issued the Eligibility Certificate to sit in the Screening Test. The petitioner, admittedly having only 47.83% marks in the three subjects, was ineligible for admission to an MBBS course in India, and as such, could not have been issued the Eligibility Certificate to enable him to sit in the Screening Test," noted the bench as it dismissed the plea.
The petitioner, a foreign medico, had challenged an email sent to him by the National Medical Commission (NMC) dated June 07, 2021. In that email, NMC had rejected the application of the petitioner seeking permission to appear in the Screening Test. The primary reason for the rejection was that the petitioner had obtained only 47.83% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together in the 10+2 examination and therefore, considering the provisions of Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, he was ineligible for appearing for the screening test.
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It was contended by the petitioner student that he had cleared the Intermediate Examination (Science Faculty) from Bihar School Examination Board and secured over 50% aggregate marks in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English. Consequently, he got admitted to MBBS course in Nepal.
Barsha completed her Master's in English from the University of Burdwan, West Bengal in 2018. Having a knack for Journalism she joined Medical Dialogues back in 2020. She mainly covers news about medico legal cases, NMC/DCI updates, medical education issues including the latest updates about medical and dental colleges in India. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in.