SC refuses to interfere with MCI notice on admission in PG medical courses

The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the Medical Council of India's (MCI) recent notification allowing NEET candidates to participate in second round of counselling for admission to PG medical courses.

A bench of justices S A Bobde and L N Rao declined to entertain the pleas of several medical students who have already participated in the first round of counselling for the all India quota seats alleging that the MCI decision reduced their chances of admission.

The students who were challenging the April 9 notification of the MCI by which candidates, who were ineligible for the second round of counselling according to the earlier procedure, were made eligible by the recent order.

The bench, while rejecting their plea, said, "It is clear from the record that the MCI decided to make certain changes to the method of admissions to the PG courses to arrest the blocking of seats by certain candidates which was detrimental to the interest of meritorious candidates in the all India quota."