Prateek Raj Singh v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
MBBS internal assessment eligibility; NMC guidelines compliance; 75% theory / 80% practical attendance criterion; 50% qualifying internal assessment marks; remedial measures and extra classes mandated; re-test of internal assessment; community medicine Phase I–III marks aggregation; notice-board display of IA results within one week; pick-and-choose policy allegation; discrepancy between failed/passed lists; private medical college scrutiny; RIMS Raipur; Late Baliram Kashyap Memorial Medical College Jagdalpur; Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Smriti Health Science and Ayush University; National Medical Commission inquiry committee; 30-day window for decision on final examination; WPC Nos. 211, 279, 298, 683, 1174, 1246 of 2024; High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur.
What did the court decide?
Petitions disposed of with directions: (i) both medical colleges to conduct additional/extra classes per NMC guidelines as a remedial measure and complete the course within two months; (ii) re-tests of internal assessment to be conducted strictly in accordance with NMC guidelines; (iii) NMC to constitute a committee to inquire into RIMS's non-compliance; (iv) NMC to secure students' interests and decide on the final examination preferably within 30 days; (v) students/petitioners at liberty to represent before NMC within 10 days; (vi) NMC's counsel directed to communicate the order to the NMC.