Med college approvals get 3-mth relief
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: 09.06.2020
The Supreme Court on Monday extended the deadline for grant of permission to open new medical colleges or increase seats in existing colleges by three months to August 31 as the Board of Governors, appointed by the SC superseding the Medical Council of India, expressed inability to complete the process of granting permission by the May 31 deadline.
Advocate Gaurav Sharma told a bench of Justices R F Nariman, Navin Sinha and B R Gavai that because of the lockdown, officials could not inspect institutions seeking permission to start new medical colleges or to increase the intake of students in undergraduate course for the 2020-21 academic year.
Sharma said the SC had set a May 31 deadline for grant of permission to open new colleges but owing to closure of offices due to the lockdown, the inspection of infrastructure, faculty and facilities could not be completed.He sought extension August 31, which the court agreed.
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