Diksha Kumari and Ors. v. National Board of Examination in Medical Science and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(C) 17723/2024, Diksha Kumari and Ors v. National Board of Examination in Medical Science and Ors (Delhi HC, 09.01.2025, Dinesh Kumar Sharma, J.) - FMGE December 2024 registration/admit-card dispute; NTA affidavit dated 08.01.2025 recording marks obtained, All India Rank and category-wise rank of 16 petitioners; respondents accepted affidavit as scorecard; three petitioners already issued admit cards, rest to receive them; petition disposed of as not pressed; marks in affidavit to count for future FMGEs subject to other eligibility conditions. Keywords: FMGE, NBEMS, NTA, NMC, admit card, scorecard, Foreign Medical Graduate Examination, Article 226.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of as not pressed. On the basis of the NTA affidavit, which counsel for the respondents accepted as the petitioners' scorecard, admit cards had already been issued to three petitioners (Avinash Singh, Manish Das and Diksha Kumari) and respondent No.1 stated at bar that admit cards would be issued to the remaining petitioners; the Court clarified that the marks obtained in the affidavit shall also be considered for future examinations if the petitioners fulfil other eligibility conditions.