SC will hear plea seeking to ensure no PG seats in med colleges remain vacant

THE Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea seeking direction to the National Medical Commission (NMC) to devise a mechanism so that no postgraduate seats go vacant in pre-clinical and para-clinical branches across colleges.

- SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY @ New Delhi

According to the cause list uploaded in the apex court's website, a three-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and N V Anjaria, will hear the plea.

The petition has sought a direction from the top court to the commission to produce data of how many seats have remained vacant in the last five years in the postgraduate pre-clinical and para-clinical branches. The petition stressed concerns about unfilled seats in these programmes, which are crucial for strengthening medical education and public health services.

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