MCI test for Indian medicos

Updated on: Tuesday, September 22, 2009

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has upheld the Medical Council of India’s regulation requiring Indians who obtain an MBBS degree from colleges in Nepal to pass a screening test for grant of a certificate of registration to practise as doctors.

A Bench consisting of Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan and Justices P Sathasivam and JM Panchal dismissed appeals and petitions filed by students who got the degrees from the Manipal College of Medical Science, Pokhara, and the Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. It said: “The plea based on so-called discrimination has no substance and is, therefore, rejected.”

Yash Ahuja and others challenged the regulation and the Delhi High Court dismissed their petitions. The special leave petition is directed against this judgment and a writ petition was also filed questioning the regulation, which insists that they pass a screening test.
 

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