Migration From Unrecognised Medical College To Recognised One Restricted By MCI Regulations: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that migration cannot be permitted from an unrecognised medical college to a recognised medical college in view of Regulation 6 of the Medical Council of India Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997. Recognition of medical qualifications granted by Universities or medical institutions in India: Section 11 in The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 2) Any University or medical institution in India which grants a medical qualification not included in the First Schedule may apply to the Central Government to have such qualification recognised, and the Central Government, after consulting the Council, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend the First Schedule so as to include such qualification therein, and any such notification may also direct that an entry shall be made in the last column of the First Schedule against such medical qualification declaring that it shall be a recognised medical qualification only when granted after a specified date" Regulation 6 of the Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 1997 on Migration 6 Migration of students from one medical college to another medical college may be granted on any genuine ground subject to the availability of vacancy in the college where migration is sought and fulfilling the other requirements laid down in the Regulations. Migration of students from one College to another is permissible only if both the colleges are recognised by the Central Government under section 11 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 and further subject to the condition that it shall not result in increase in the sanctioned intake capacity for the academic year concerned in respect of the receiving medical college. Regulation 6 provides that migration is permissible only if both the Colleges are recognised u/s 11 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956.