Supreme Court Rejects Plea Challenging MCI NEET PG Admissions Notice
- The Supreme Court of India was hearing a plea filed by PG medical aspirants alleging that the new MCI rule reduced their chances of getting admission.
- The court was reluctant to interfere in the issue as the second round counselling has already been completed.
The Supreme Court of India expressed its reluctance to interfere with MCI’s (Medical Council of India) latest notification allowing NEET qualified candidates to participate in the second round of counselling process for the admission to Post Graduate (PG) medical courses. A bench of justices LN Rao and SA Bobde rejected to entertain/ accept pleas of several medical aspirants who have already taken part in the first round counselling for AIQ seats. These candidates alleged that the decision of MCI reduced their chances of getting admission.
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Medical aspirants challenged the order issued by MCI on April 09, 2018, which made medical aspirants who have already secured a seat in the first round counselling eligible to take part in the second round counselling process.
While rejecting the plea, the apex court confirmed that the MCI made certain changes to the method of admission to PG medical courses with an aim to regulate the blocking of seats by certain students that was detrimental to the interest of meritorious NEET-PG aspirants in the all-India quota. The court further said that a few candidates participated in the second round counselling just to upgrade their seat. Therefore, there is no point of interfering in the issue, the court explained.
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The seats that remained vacant under AIQ will be transferred to the respective states. Therefore, states and deemed universities are allowed to conduct the second round counselling again after the reversion of unfilled seats.