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The Kanachur Islamic Education Trust sought confirmation of the conditional Letter of Permission (LOP) granted to its medical college for the 2016-17 academic year and extension for 2017-18, after the Union of India and the Medical Council of India (MCI) debarred the college and ordered encashment of its bank guarantee…

The DM Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences and another institute filed writ petitions under Article 32 challenging the Medical Council of India's (MCI) refusal to recommend renewal of permission for MBBS admissions for the 2015‑16 session and the Union Government's consequent denial of that permission. The petitioner…

The Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Medical Sciences (PRIMS) applied for a Letter of Permission (LOP) to start a new medical college for the 2016‑17 academic year and sought renewal for 2017‑18. Conditional LOP was granted for 2016‑17, but subsequent inspections by the Medical Council of India (MCI) revealed persisten…

The petitioners, Annaii Medical College, sought confirmation of a conditional Letter of Permission (LOP) for the 2016‑17 MBBS session and relief from a decision that barred them from admitting students for 2017‑18 and 2018‑19 and authorised the Medical Council of India (MCI) to encash a Rs 2 crore bank guarantee. The M…

The Royal Medical Trust, which runs Kerala Medical College, applied for a Letter of Permission (LOP) to admit 150 MBBS students for the 2017‑18 academic year. After a surprise inspection by the Medical Council of India (MCI) revealed several deficiencies, the Central Government barred the college from admissions and au…

The Supreme Court examined the validity of the Medical Council of India's (MCI) order rejecting the renewal of permission for the third batch of 150 MBBS students at Chintpurni Medical College for the 2013‑14 academic year. The college had previously been granted permission, but a routine inspection followed by a surpr…

The World College of Medical Sciences & Research and Hospital sought a writ of mandamus to quash the order that barred it from admitting MBBS students for the 2017‑18 and 2018‑19 sessions and to obtain renewal of its Letter of Permission (LOP). The Medical Council of India (MCI) inspection in October 2016 identified si…

Shri Venkateshwara University sought renewal of its Letter of Permission (LOP) to admit MBBS students for 2017‑18 after the Medical Council of India (MCI) inspected the college on 9 December 2016 and recommended debarment for 2017‑18 and 2018‑19. The university argued that the inspection violated clause 8(3)(l)(d) of t…