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The Supreme Court on Friday asked for the government's response to a series of petitions to allow nearly 20,000 Ukraine-returned Indian medical students to complete their education in India. The students had to flee Ukraine in the face of Russian attacks. The students are banking on a report submitted by the Lok Sabha Committee on External Affairs on August 3 in which the government had said it would consider accommodating them in private medical colleges in India as a one-time measure. But a Bench led by Justice Hemant Gupta asked whether there would be enough seats available for 20,000 students. The court also orally remarked that these students had chosen to leave India for Ukraine., However, lawyers appearing for the students contended that the students had left to study medicine in Ukraine as they could not afford the fees of private medical colleges in India. They said it was not right to say the students were not meritorious. The students had cleared the NEET. "We are not going into the merit of the students. The fact is you chose Ukraine, chose not to be in India. It was a voluntary act," the Bench said. The lawyers said the students were thrown into an extraordinary situation for not fault of theirs. The chances of their return to Ukraine to continue their studies were uncertain. They had invested their money and lives to study medicine. The court has listed the case again on September 5.

The bench said all these issues are in expert domain and it cannot do anything as the medical education is regulated by the NMC and the Centre has to take a call on accommodating them. Senior advocate Maneka Guruswamy, also appearing for a group of medical students, said it is a humanitarian issue and due to the lack of help from the government many medical students have to return to war-torn Ukraine. Senior advocate R Basant said the government cannot shy away from these students and has to come forward with the help. He said 12 states are ready to accept these students and help them in completing their course and the Centre has to only give its permission. Bhati said in India, thousands of students who are studying medical education have gone into those colleges after clearing NEET examination and allowing these Ukraine-returned students would disrupt the entire medical education system in the country. She said any relaxation will be prejudicial to the students who are studying in colleges after qualifying the NEET examination and pointed out that aggrieved students have gone to Ukraine by choice. The bench asked Bhati to look for providing them assistance in South Asian countries. On September 23, the Centre had told the top court that it is working on the suggestions given by the court to assist medical students who have returned to India from Ukraine. The apex court had on September 16 suggested that the Centre assist these medical students by creating a web portal gi...

The Union Government of India has notified the Supreme Court about giving a one-time-only chance to clear their MBBS Exams. The Centre informed the apex court on Tuesday, March 28, that Indian Medical Students who returned back home in the wake of the Ukraine war, will be given a single chance to clear their MBBS Final Exams (Part 1 and Part 2) for both theory as well as practical papers, without enrolling in any existing medical college in the country. Besides clearing examinations for both the MBBS papers, candidates will also be required to undergo a compulsory rotatory internship for two years. The internships would follow the National Medical Commission’s guidelines for previous such cases. As per the NMC guidelines, the first year of the training which the Ukraine-returned medical students will be unergoing shall be free, while the second year of the internship, would be a paid training. Also Read: Over 1900 Posts In Gujarat Medical Colleges, Hospitals Lying Vacant: State Govt Tells Assembly The move comes following the recommendations from the committee setup by the Central government to address the concerns of these medical students. The committee has also underlined that this would be a strict one-time only opportunity for the students who have returned from war-hit Ukraine. The committee has also highlighted that the resolution in this case shall be applicable to current matters only, and shall not form a ground for similar decisions in similar matters in the fut...

The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre on a petition filed by Indian medical students from war-torn Ukraine, seeking permission to complete their education in the country. Other counsels appearing for the students informed the Court that some of the states had agreed to accommodate these students. (AP) The top court referred to a report prepared by the committee on external affairs and submitted to the Parliament on August 3, which recommended that Indian students who had returned from Ukraine after war broke out with Russia should be allowed to complete their medical courses in the country. A bench of justices Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath said, “In view of the recommendation (by a committee of external affairs) the petitioner seeks appropriate directions from the Government of India and National Medical Commission (NMC) in respect of students from Ukraine. Issue notice.” The Court sought a response by September 5. Senior advocate, R Basant appearing for the students, said that 20,000 students are affected. While many are in their first year of the undergraduate medical course, there are some who were about to complete the course within a year. “I cannot go back to Ukraine. It is a question of our lives. Some amount of nudging by the Court can help these prospective doctors. They have invested their life into it,” said Basant representing the students. The bench told Basant, “We are not going to enter into the merits of these students. But the fact i...

By Kanu Sarda: The Supreme Court will hear the petitions filed by medical students who returned from Ukraine seeking permission to continue their medical education at Indian universities. The Supreme Court will hear the case on November 1. A bench headed by Justice Hemant Gupta will hear the case. "This is a situation where we need government help. There are students of 1st year and 2nd year," said counsel for students. "We will hear the case in detail on November 1. The mobility movement will be for all students and not for one student. Be assured the government does things for everyone and not few," the bench said. The medical students have been facing an uncertain future ever since they were forced to evacuate Ukraine after Russia declared war on its neighbouring nation in February this year.

Express News Service KOCHI: Though the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Indian medical students from Ukraine to clear their final examination in two attempts without enrolling in any medical colleges in India, the order has created a lot of confusion. The verdict has not addressed many of the issues raised by the students and parents. “Now the question is, when these students are appearing for an examination conducted by the NMC, should they appear for the Foreign Medical Graduate Examinations? Also, clarification is needed as to whether this verdict is applicable to students in other years too since everything was tagged together. So, what about the students in their second, third, fourth and fifth year?” asked Silvi Sunil, secretary of the All Kerala Ukraine Medical Students and Parents Association (AKUMSPA). The NMC has not made it clear as to whether the students in the second, third, fourth and fifth years need to go back to Ukraine, she added. “They have said that the students in second and third years needn’t go for practical exams. They just have to do the theory. They will be doing the practicals only in their fourth year. But where? Nobody is talking about that! Will they too be covered under the present scheme of things decided for the final-year students?” she asked. All in all, the situation now is such that we are getting two sets of medical graduates, she said. “One group that went back braving the war and got the chance to do practicals properly in a hospit...