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Medical Council of India Act, 1956

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CCL. IVS GAHLOTversusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

2018 INSC 676Dismissed

Colonel Indra Veer Singh Gahlot, an officer of the Armed Forces Medical Services, was considered for promotion to Brigadier in 2011 but was not selected. He challenged the promotion decision, arguing that the 2004 promotion policy could not be amended before five years and that the 2006 amendment …

DR. KRITI LAKHINA AND OTHERSversusSTATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS

2018 INSC 302Appeal(s) allowed

The petitioners, 44 doctors who cleared NEET‑PG 2018, challenged Clause 4.1 of the Karnataka Information Bulletin (PGET‑2018) which required candidates to be of Karnataka origin and to have ten years of domicile for admission to 50% government‑quota postgraduate medical and dental seats. The State …

ANNAII MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL AND ANR.versusUNION OF INDIA AND ANR.

2017 INSC 903Disposed off

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 …

MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIAversusKALINGA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (KIMS) & ORS.

2016 INSC 390Disposed off

The Medical Council of India (MCI) inspected Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) after it sought to admit an additional 50 MBBS students for the 2015-16 academic year. The inspection uncovered serious deficiencies, and the MCI recommended that the Central Government deny the extra seats. …

MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIAversusV.N. PUBLIC HEALTH & EDUCATIONAL TRUST & ORS.

2016 INSC 322Appeal(s) allowed

The V.N. Public Health & Educational Trust applied to establish a medical college for the 2016-17 academic year, submitting an Essentiality Certificate that was later found to be conditional and not in the format prescribed by the 1999 MCI Regulations. The Medical Council of India (MCI) recommended …

SARASWATI MEDICAL COLLEGEversusUNION OF INDIA AND ANR.

2015 INSC 723Disposed off

Saraswati Medical College sought a Letter of Permission to start a new MBBS programme with 150 seats for the 2015‑16 academic year. The Medical Council of India (MCI) inspected the college, identified deficiencies, and after a second inspection raised further deficiencies, leading the Union of India …

SUDHIR N. & ORS.versusSTATE OF KERALA & ORS.

2015 INSC 25Dismissed

The Supreme Court examined the constitutional validity of Section 5(4) of the Kerala Medical Officers' Admission to Post‑Graduate Courses under Service Quota Act, 2008, which mandated that in‑service doctors be selected for postgraduate seats solely on the basis of seniority. The Court held that …

DR. PURSHOTAM KUMAR KAUNDALversusSTATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS

2014 INSC 93Dismissed

Dr. D.D. Gupta, a lecturer with an MD in Pharmacology from Maharishi Dayanand University, was denied consideration for promotion to Assistant Professor by the Departmental Promotion Committee on the ground that his degree was not recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI). He challenged the …

MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIAversusJSS MEDICAL COLLEGE & ANR.

2012 INSC 15Appeal(s) allowed

The Medical Council of India (MCI) appealed against a Karnataka High Court interim order that allowed JSS Medical College to admit 200 MBBS students for 2011‑12, despite the Board of Governors of the MCI having rejected the college’s application for increase of seats. The college had originally …

REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE AND ANR.versusS. BHAGYABATI DEVI

2007 INSC 625Dismissed

The Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) promoted Dr. Taruni, a Medical Officer (SPM), to Assistant Professor in 1995, while Dr. Bhagyabati, also a Medical Officer, was promoted in 1998. Bhagyabati challenged Taruni's seniority, arguing that the SPM post was not a teaching post and …

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANR.versusMEDWIN EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY AND ORS.

2003 INSC 622Disposed off

The Supreme Court examined the role of the Andhra Pradesh Government in granting essentiality certificates required for establishing new medical or dental colleges under the Medical Council of India Act and its Regulations. The High Court had held that the State had no authority to decide the …

ASHEESH PRATAP SINGH AND ORS.versusM. SACHDEVAND ORS.

2002 INSC 563Directions issued

Thirty-two students who had qualified the CPMT in 1998 were admitted to Azamgarh Medical College, completed the first professional MBBS examination, and then discovered that the college was closed due to infrastructure deficiencies. The Supreme Court had earlier directed the Medical Council of India …