Medical Council of India Act

Private unaided medical and dental colleges, along with some states, sought modification of the Supreme Court's order directing that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) be conducted for the 2016-17 academic year. The Court examined whether the NEET regulation infringed on the constitutional rights of stat…

The petitioners, doctors who had served in remote areas, challenged a High Court order that limited post‑graduate admissions at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and Banaras Hindu University (BHU) to students who completed their MBBS in Uttar Pradesh and restricted the weightage under Regulation 9(iv) of the 2000 MCI reg…

A group of 150 first‑year MBBS students filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking transfer from Respondent No. 5 College, which had not obtained the necessary approvals, to another college so that they could sit for their examinations. The State Government of Uttarakhand offered to take over the college, its infra…

In 2010, the Jammu & Kashmir Board of Professional Entrance Examination had to fill 15 MBBS seats reserved for the Scheduled Tribe Gujjar Bakerwal (STGB) category, with a 15th odd seat earmarked for a female candidate. The seat remained vacant after a male candidate's writ petition was dismissed, and the appellant, a l…

The Medical Council of India (MCI) identified 25 deficiencies in the proposed NC Medical College and recommended that the Central Government not grant permission for its establishment. Although the Supreme Court‑mandated Oversight Committee temporarily allowed admissions for 2016‑17, the college failed to remedy the de…

The appellants, a group of private unaided medical and dental colleges, challenged the Madhya Pradesh Niji Vyavasayik Shikshan Sanstha (Pravesh Ka Vinimayan Avam Shulk Ka Nirdharan) Act, 2007 and the accompanying admission and fee fixation rules, alleging that the provisions on common entrance test (CET), fee regulatio…