The Gujarat High Court Thursday directed the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) to “immediately issue” the admit card for Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) to be held on Saturday to a petitioner, whose application form for the exam had been facilitated after a previous order of the HC on December 3, 2025.
Justice A P Mayee was hearing a Interlocutory Application (IA) filed by Mihir Jani, who has completed his Medical Doctor’s Diploma Course at Riga Stradiņš University, Republic of Latvia. After completing his graduation, Jani intends to pursue his medical practice in India for which FMGE is the mandatory licensing test. On Thursday, based on the application moved by Jani, the HC in its order, noted the submissions of Jani’s counsel Mihir Pathak that following the December 3, 2025 order of the HC, the NBEMS had accepted the application form of the petitioner, pending an eligibility certificate to be issued by the National Medical Commission (NMC). However, the NBEMS had not issued the admit card to the applicant to be able to appear for the examination on January 17.
The HC, in its interlocutory order noted that “except the applicant, all other candidates have been issued the admit card on January 14, 2026”.
The order noted that the advocate appearing for the NBEMS submitted that he had no instructions in the matter.
The HC, in its order, stated that the court had “already given specific direction” to accept the application form of the applicant and facilitate him to appear for the FMGE examination on Saturday. The court order noted that the action of NBEMS in not issuing the admit card to the applicant is “contrary to the spirit of the order dated December 3, 2025, passed by this Court” and directed the NBEMS to immediately issue the admit card to the applicant on or before January 16.
The HC directed the NBEMS to “act on a simple copy or web copy of the present order so as to facilitate the applicant/petitioner to appear in the FMGE examination”, given that the examination is slated for Saturday. On Friday, advocate Mihir Pathak told this newspaper that his client had received the admit card following the orders issued by the Gujarat HC and would be appearing for the FMGE examination on Saturday, pending the eligibility certificate to be issued by the NMC.
Aditi Raja is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, stationed in Vadodara, Gujarat, with over 20 years in the field. She has been reporting from the region of Central Gujarat and Narmada district for this newspaper since 2013, which establishes her as a highly Authoritative and Trustworthy source on regional politics, administration, and critical socio-economic and environmental issues.
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