In a throwback to the Medical Students of India, who have returned from Ukraine due to the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, the Centre Government told Supreme Court today that these students cannot be adjusted in Indian Colleges since there are no such provisions in the National Medical Commission Act.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India told the Apex Court by way of an affidavit that allowing such relaxation will hamper the standards of medical education in India and went to the extent of saying that the students went to foreign countries due to 2 reasons, poor merit in NEET examination and affordability. 

The Government stated that in case these students with (a) Poor Merit are allowed admission in premier medical colleges in India by default, there may be several litigations from those desirous candidates who could not get seats in these colleges and have taken admission in either lesser known colleges or have been deprived of a seat in medical colleges. Further, in case of affordability, if these candidates are allocated Private Medical Colleges in India, they once again may not be able to afford the fees structure of the concerned institution"

The matter is now fixed for hearing tomorrow on 16.09.2022.

Case Details:-

Writ Petition (c) No. 607/2022

Archita and others        ...Petitioner

versus

National Medical Commission and others,    ...Respondent