Mci recognised degree-a must for super specialisation courses....hc

Source:indian express
The Bombay High Court has taken note of the rules for admission to post graduate medical and super-specialty courses. The court while deciding on a petition filed by a few students has now ruled that admission to super specialty courses can be given only to students having a degree recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI).
The discrepancy came to light following a petition filed by Dr Bhavin Pujara along with four others who had challenged the admission of few students on the ground that they did not have degrees recognized by the MCI. The petitioners have challenged the admission given to one Mukund Bajaj, who according to the petition, was declared eligible and placed at rank seven of the DM super specialty course merit list, even though the candidate did not have a recognized degree. Pujara stated that the eligibility condition for admission to Doctor of Medicine and Masters of Chirugie (super specialty) medical courses as laid down by the MCI is that the candidates applying must possess recognized degree of MD or MS.
Bajaj attained his MD degree from Ambejogai Medical College which is not recognized by the MCI, the petition states.
However, during the course of hearing, it was pointed out to a division bench of Justice D K Deshmukh and Justice R S Mohite by Bajaj's counsel that the state government in their 2008 rules had omitted certain part of the rules due to which the criteria did not get limited to degrees recognized by the MCI.