- Home
- Medical news & Guidelines
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiology and CTVS
- Critical Care
- Dentistry
- Dermatology
- Diabetes and Endocrinology
- ENT
- Gastroenterology
- Medicine
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Obstretics-Gynaecology
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedics
- Pediatrics-Neonatology
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology
- Radiology
- Surgery
- Urology
- Laboratory Medicine
- Diet
- Nursing
- Paramedical
- Physiotherapy
- Health news
- Fact Check
- Bone Health Fact Check
- Brain Health Fact Check
- Cancer Related Fact Check
- Child Care Fact Check
- Dental and oral health fact check
- Diabetes and metabolic health fact check
- Diet and Nutrition Fact Check
- Eye and ENT Care Fact Check
- Fitness fact check
- Gut health fact check
- Heart health fact check
- Kidney health fact check
- Medical education fact check
- Men's health fact check
- Respiratory fact check
- Skin and hair care fact check
- Vaccine and Immunization fact check
- Women's health fact check
- AYUSH
- State News
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chandigarh
- Chattisgarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- Daman and Diu
- Delhi
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Ladakh
- Lakshadweep
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Odisha
- Puducherry
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttrakhand
- West Bengal
- Medical Education
- Industry
Supreme Court Issues Notice to 107 Nursing Colleges in Rajasthan

Rajasthan- Hearing a special leave petition (SLP) filed by the state government to regulate nursing colleges, the Supreme Court issued notice to 107 nursing colleges and the Indian Nursing Council (INC).
The Rajasthan government filed a special leave petition against the orders of the Single Bench and Division Bench of the Rajasthan High Court, which had struck down key conditions of the State's Nursing Education Policy. During the plea hearing, a bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Joymala Bagchi noted the arguments and issued notices to 107 nursing colleges in Rajasthan and the INC.
According to a Times of India media report, Additional Advocate General Shiv Mangal Sharma, appearing for the state government, said Rajasthan has witnessed unchecked growth of nursing colleges which operate merely from flats and buildings with no real infrastructure or commitment to quality education.
Mr. Sharma argued that in the larger public interest, a policy was introduced on June 7, 2022, mandating that any institution wishing to set up a nursing college must own and operate a 100-bed hospital. This was kept as the minimum threshold to ensure credibility and quality of nursing education.
On November 4, 2022, a single bench struck down the state government's policy that mandated a nursing institute to have a 100-bed hospital. To this, Sharma said, "We challenged it in the division bench, which also dismissed our appeal on March 1, 2024. Thus, we approached the Supreme Court on April 12, 2024, and in its first hearing on Thursday, the Supreme Court issued notices."
Mr Sharma further argued that, "The increasing number of substandard institutions directly threatens the public healthcare system by producing inadequately trained professionals”.
I am a student of Journalism and Mass Communication and also a passionate writer and explorer. With a keen interest in medicine, I have joined Medical Dialogues as a Content Writer. Within this role, I curate various healthcare-related news including the latest updates on health, hospitals, and regulatory updates from NMC/DCI. For any query or information, feel free to reach out to me at editorial@medicaldialogues.in