NewsX: In a major setback to the medical council of India, the supreme court today quashed the national eligibility cum entrance test for medical admissions.
In a split verdict delivered by the apex court, Chief Justice Altamash Kabir and Justice Vikramajit Sen held that it was beyond the powers of MCI to arrangements of common entrance test -- both for government and private institutions.
Meanwhile, in a dissenting judgment, Justice Anil Dave dismissed petitions by private medical and dental colleges challenging the MCI notification providing for common entrance test for both undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental courses.
Private universities can now conduct their own entrance exam for admssions to medical and dental courses.
The standoff began with MCI's decision to conduct the first-ever common entrance examination for admission to graduate and post-graduate courses in medicine as well as dental colleges.
The proposal was, however, opposed by private colleges who moved the Apex Court.
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