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Sourabh Brala and Ors. vs Union of India and Ors.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Date
6 December 2018
Case No.
Writ Petition (Civil) No. 571 of 2018
Bench
R.F. Nariman, M.R. Shah
Citation
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 901 : 2018 INSC 1218
Supreme Court Reports [2018] 14 S.C.R. 901 : 2018 INSC 1218
Headnote

Education/Educational Institutions: Medical college – MBBS Course – Allegation of students of 1st year MBBS course that respondent no. 5 College had not got its act in order – Students sought transfer from respondent no. 5 College to any other college in the State and be allowed to take examination after having completed the first year of MBBS Course – Held: State Government willing to take over medical students and respondent no. 5 College with its infrastructure and assets so that it could meet both the Medical Council of India’s norms and affiliate with the State Medical University – Issuance of direction to the College to hand over the land, building and all assets to the State Government, by next day – On application being made by the State Government to the State Medical University, the said University after making inspection would proceed to take steps to grant affiliation to the respondent no. 5 College and the Medical Council of India would grant permission under the Medical Council of India Act – Henceforth, the students who took the first year course could sit for the first year examination of MBBS.

As published in the Supreme Court Reports, Supreme Court of India. Text from the Indian Supreme Court Judgments open data set (Dattam Labs), CC BY 4.0.

Full Judgment Text

The following Order of the Court was passed : ORDER 1. The present Writ Petition has been filed by the students, who were admitted to the first year MBBS Course in the Respondent No. 5 College. Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioners, has informed us that the total number of students who were admitted to the first year MBBS Course is 150. Despite having been taught for a period of 1 year, the petitioners have knocked at the doors of this Court for the reason that the Respondent No. 5 College has not got its act in order, as a result of which, they prayed that
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