A five-judge constitution bench headed Hon’ble Mr.Justice Arun Mishra held that the States have legislative competence to make special provisions for reservation.

The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India has in a recent judment held that the Medical Council of India(MCI) has no authority to enact regulations to retain incumbent graduate students in medical schools.

The five judges bench led by Justice Arun Mishra observed that the Medical Intelligence Committee is a statutory body established regulates medical education and professions, but the right to maintain admission vests with the respective State Governments.

“The State may frame regulations for employment individually. Doctors, who are already working, should, however, be mandated to serve in rural and tribal areas for five years,” the bench ruled. It held that the MCI regulation that barred such reservation was “unconstitutional and arbitrary”.

The Supreme Court has instructed the States to develop a rural and remote service plan for incubment physicians after completing a graduate degree.

The Hon’ble Court was responding to a plea by doctors from Kerala, Maharashtra and Haryana saying, granting reservation benefits would encourage those working in government hospitals and in rural areas.

This news has been reported by Anubhuti Agrawal.