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Supreme Court upholds Kerala HC order, denies relief to MBBS aspirant
New Delhi: The Supreme Court bench recently denied providing relief to a medical aspirant who was willing to pursue the MBBS course with 80% disability.
While the aspirant had approached the Supreme Court assailing the Kerala HC order, which had denied any relief to the candidate, the Supreme Court bench comprising of Justices M.R Shah and B.V. Nagarathna also held that the candidate was unfit to pursue the UG medical course.
Dismissing the plea, the bench noted, "Having heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respective parties and considering the opinion given by the Medical Board that the petitioner is having 80% disability and, therefore, he is unfit to pursue and complete the MBBS curriculam, the learned Single Judge has rightly denied the relief of admission which is rightly confirmed by the Division Bench of the High Court."
Such observations came from the Supreme Court while considering the plea by the medical aspirant having 80% disability. The petitioner, who is suffering from MeningoMyclac (Post Surgical) with Paraplegia locomotive disability of lower limbs, to the extent of 60%, had earlier approached the Kerala High Court seeking permission to get admitted in the MBBS curriculum under the earmarked PWD quota.
The petitioner had appeared in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG - 2019 for admission to MBBS and allied courses and had obtained 58.76 percentile.
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As per the Regulation 4(3) of the Regulation on Graduate Medical Education, aspirants with more than 80% disability, are ineligible for admission. On the other hand, those within the disability range of 40 -80% can be considered but their functional competency would have to be determined.
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.