Bhopal: A private medical college is under scrutiny for selling seats. The Health Ministry and Medical Council of India have cracked down on the People's Medical College in Madhya Pradesh. The college had illegally admitted over 240 students between 2009 and 2012, openly flouting MCI norms.
What's more is that in 2012, it had refused to admit students under merit quota, after which the state government had moved court. The Health Ministry and Medical Council of India have now stopped all admissions at the college.
"If each medical college defies the MCI and gets a stay from the courts, then only god can help," Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said. The Health Minister says medical colleges are using everything to subvert the MCI guidelines. The Health Minister was referring to specific cases where colleges have admitted students in defiance of no less then the Supreme Court and got a stay from a lower court.
"The judiciary is the custodian of the Constitution. If the MCI rejects their demand, the courts should not entertain. There are no early decisions either, so we can't challenge in the apex court," Azad said. The Health Minister was referring specifically to People's Medical College, already under the CBI net following a CNN-IBN sting operation....
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