HC rejects medical college's plea to increase MBBS seats

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The Delhi High Court has rejected a medical college's plea to increase the number of seats for MBBS course from 150 to 250 and accepted Medical Council of India's (MCI)'s argument that the college failed to fulfil the criteria of 10-year existence.
Justice G S Sistani dismissed a petition filed by B K Shah Medical Institute and Research Centre in Gujarat against the decision of the Board of Governors of MCI on June 27, 2012 rejecting its application to increase the capacity in MBBS course from the academic year 2012-2013.
The court rejected the argument of the college that the hospital was established in 2000 and the central government has granted permission to run MBBS course in 2003.

"I am of the view that a hospital cannot be considered a teaching hospital from a time prior to when teaching and training of MBBS students had not started in the hospital...," Justice Sistani said.
The court accepted MCI's argument that the medical college was being run by the Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Trust which had established a hospital at Vadodara in 2000 but the central government had issued permission to it for running the "teaching" hospital on September 30, 2003.
The MCI counsel argued that as per the MCI Act and Rules at least 10-year standing is required for a college to place an application to increase the capacity and this college would be eligible only after 2013.