No relief, med admissions must go on: High Court

Medical college aspirants can now heave a sigh of relief. The Bombay High Court has denied interim relief to private medical colleges that s...

Medical college aspirants can now heave a sigh of relief. The Bombay High Court has denied interim relief to private medical colleges that sought a stay on medical admissions over the new fee structure. The admissions will now take off as per schedule on July 16.

Nineteen private medical colleges across the state had approached the high court, saying that the proposed fee structure was unviable and needed a fresh look. The colleges alleged that their views were not taken into consideration while working on the fee structure and sought that the same be quashed.

Petitions filed by medical/dental colleges in Bombay, Wardha, Amravati, Nagpur, Pune were clubbed together and were brought to the division bench of acting Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice S.U. Kamdar today. The HC appointed senior counsel Janak Dwarkadas as the amicus curiae, who will now study individual cases and make recommendations to the court. The committee had set up a fee structure, ranging from Rs 45,000 to Rs 1,50,000, that the private colleges opposed, saying they need to charge students Rs 3,24,000 annually since they do not receive government subsidies.

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