New Delhi: Delhi HC has approved an increase in the number of seats in various UG and PG courses at the medical colleges run and managed by the Santosh Trust, formerly known as the Maharaji Educational Trust. This decision took place as many returned Ukrainian medical students seek to continue their studies in Indian medical colleges.
The court has ordered the NMC and other respondent bodies to grant the college permission based on the inspection report and to raise the number of seats from 4 to 7 in MS (Obstetrics & Gynecology), 3 to 7 in MS (Orthopaedics), and 100 to 150 in the MBBS programme.
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The court said, "I, cannot also lose sight of the fact that on account of the lack of an adequate number of medical institutions providing quality affordable education to cater to the needs of the aspiring students, they are often compelled to make the choice of leaving behind their home country and pursuing their studies abroad. This reality has especially become a cause of concern at a time when due to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, several thousand Indian medical students, who had gone to pursue their medical education in the now war-hit Ukraine have been rescued and brought home, have also lost their seats in medical colleges".
The court added, "There was no doubt NMC cannot be asked to lower the standards prescribed under the regulations. However, in a situation where it is found that an institute which has been running for the last more than 20 years is not lacking in any infrastructure and has also rectified the deficiencies which were found at the time of initial inspections, that too when the said deficiencies were only on account of the Covid pandemic, it would also be against the public interest to deny permission to the petitioner to increase the seats."
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"At a time when the ratio of medical profession as vis-a-vis the population of the country is abysmally low, an increase in the number of PG and UG seats would certainly contribute to the bigger goal of strengthening the medical infrastructure of the country."
"These directions are being issued only in the light of these peculiar facts, and by taking into account the fact that the petitioner institute has already missed the first two rounds of counselling, and any further delay at this stage would prevent it from participating even in the upcoming Mop-Up and Online Stray Vacancy rounds of counselling. The petitioner is, therefore, granted permission to participate in the remaining rounds of counselling with the increased seats as noted hereinabove, without any further inspections" the court added further.
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The court was hearing a petition challenging the National Medical Commission's (NMC) rejection of the petitioners' request for permission to increase seats in the medical college in the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (hereinafter referred to as 'MBBS') course as well as post-graduate courses of MS (Obstetrics & Gynaecology) and MS (Pediatrics) (Orthopaedics).
The petitioner further challenged the respondents' judgement dated December 22, 2021, in which they directed an interim inspection of the said college in order to maintain its existing recognition for 100 MBBS seats.
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