Madras HC Slams MCI, TN State For Not Implementing Seat-Sharing Regulations; Imposes Rs 1 Cr Cost Each [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court has imposed cost of Rs 1 crore on Medical Council of India for not implementing seat sharing regulations framed by it to help private players.Justice N Kirubakaran also held that the deemed universities are bound by the seat-sharing regulation 9/9 framed by the Medical Council of India.The court also came down heavily for contradictory and amusing contention. The court has also imposed Rs 1 crore cost on the state government for having not so far demanded its share of 50per cent seats from all the private medical institutions, including deemed universities. “All the stakeholders involved have acted with hidden agenda for benefiting some private players, defrauded and caused irreparable loss and injury to the meritorious and poor meritorious students of the respective States,” the court said while issuing following directions: Direction to the first respondent/State Government to appropriate 50% Postgraduate medical seats in respect of each specialty from Non-Governmental medical institutions in the State, excluding minority institutions and Respondents 15 & 19, as State quota and make admission on the basis of NEET merit list through centralized counseling done by the State The State Government shall, by notification,n include 50% seats in Deemed Universities, excepting minority institutions and R5 & R16, in the counseling to be conducted for Government seats in self-financing medical colleges and 50% institution quota seats in Deemed Universities, excepting minority institutions and R5 & R16, in the counseling to be conducted for management quota seats in self-financing medical colleges. Non-Governmental institutions, except minority institutions and R15 & R19, shall surrender all their seats including 15% NRI quota seats for centralized common counseling to be conducted by the State State Government's “Prospectus for common counseling to Postgraduate Degrees/Diploma courses in Deemed Universities in Tamil Nadu 2017-2018 session” is quashed, as it does not appropriate 50% State quota seats from Deemed universities.