SC allows government to replace MCI oversight committee

Centre has received Supreme Court's approval to replace the oversight committee set up to supervise the functioning of the Medical Council of India (MCI) with a new panel

PTI
Updated18 Jul 2017, 03:33 PM IST
The five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court also gave the Centre liberty to replace any doctor on the list with another if he doesn’t wish to be a part of the new panel. Photo: Mint
The five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court also gave the Centre liberty to replace any doctor on the list with another if he doesn’t wish to be a part of the new panel. Photo: Mint

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the central government to replace the oversight committee set up to supervise the functioning of the Medical Council of India (MCI) with a fresh panel of five eminent doctors.

A five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice J.S. Khehar, said the government had proposed the names of five eminent doctors to replace the oversight committee whose term had just expired.

“The doctors proposed are all outstanding people. We are satisfied with the names,” the bench, also comprising justices J. Chelameswar, R.K. Agrawal, D.Y. Chandrachud and S. Abdul Nazeer, said.

It also gave the government liberty to replace any doctor in the list with another if he does not wish to be a part of the oversight committee.

The bench had on Monday asked the government to constitute a panel which would replace the oversight committee set up in 2016 by the apex court to oversee the MCI’s functioning till the government put in place an alternate mechanism.

The committee, set up by the court on 2 May 2016, was to function for a period of one year or till a suitable mechanism was brought in by the government to substitute it.

During the hearing, senior lawyer Kapil Sibal, appearing for some medical colleges, had told the bench that till date, no alternative mechanism had been put in place by the Centre despite the fact that the oversight panel was to function for only one year or till a suitable mechanism was evolved.

Sibal had argued that the MCI was bound by directions of the oversight committee but the council was not adhering to them.

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, had said the tenure of the oversight committee should be extended by one more year or till the time the centre comes out with a mechanism to deal with the issues relating to the MCI’s functioning.

The apex court had on 13 July agreed to set up a five-judge Constitution bench to deal with the matter after Rohatgi had said it was an urgent matter as counselling for admissions in MBBS and BDS was underway.

The centre had earlier told the apex court that it had taken steps to put the alternative mechanism in place and there was no need now for the oversight committee to continue.

MCI had contended that the directions of the constitution bench which had set up the oversight committee were based on certain material which could not be controverted at the time of the order.

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First Published:18 Jul 2017, 03:33 PM IST
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