1,456 seats vacant: SC asks why Centre is playing with med students' lives

The bench asked the MCC to fill the seats, failing which an order might be passed to compensate the students affected by the vacancies.

Noting that 1,456 medical seats were not filled during the 2021-2022 session, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) and the Centre "why they were playing with the lives of medical students" by not conducting mop-up counselling sessions to fill the seats.

A bench of Justices M R Shah and Aniruddha Bose asked why the MCC was keeping the seats vacant when there is a shortage of doctors across the country. “We need doctors and super-speciality professionals in the country. Do you know how much stress the students in the country have?”

The bench asked the