Wednesday, February 12th, 2025

‘Why exempt MBBS students from service in rural areas?’ Supreme Court asked questions to the petitioner itself

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued notice on the petition challenging the notification of the Karnataka government. In this, the state government has said that the medical student will have to render compulsory rural service for one year, this has been made mandatory for permanent registration in the Karnataka Medical Council. During the hearing on the challenge to this notification, the Supreme Court asked the medical student that you are rich and study in a private college, just because you should not be asked for rural service? Can a medical student make such an argument?

The case came up for hearing in the Supreme Court bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Sanjay Karol. Justice Narasimha asked the medical student that just because you are studying in a private college, do you want to exempt yourself from rural service? The court said that those studying in private institutions have no responsibility for the development of the country?

‘Where did this kind of idea come to your mind?’
During this, the lawyer appearing for the petitioner said that the issue is of language. On this Justice Narasimha said what happens from this? It would be best if you go and work somewhere else. It is even better if you work in different parts of India. Just because you are rich and you study in a private medical college and you need exemption from going to rural areas? Where did this kind of idea come to your mind? Are you buying a degree? Private medical colleges should not ask you to go to rural areas? Can you even say that?

In this case, the application filed by the petitioner has said that the students studying on private seats in private and deemed universities have to pay a lot of money for studies and there are different criteria and in such a situation they should not be asked for Compulsory Rural Service. . The petitioner has appealed to the Supreme Court to direct the Commissionerate of Health and Family Welfare Services to issue NOC without the mandatory rural service so that registration can be done. Also, Karnataka Medical Council should be instructed to do permanent registration of the petitioners.

Court’s decision will put an end to the dispute
According to the scheme, all MBBS graduates, post graduate medical students and super specialty course students, whether studying in government universities, colleges or private and deemed universities, will have to do public rural service compulsorily for one year. . Only after completing this responsibility the applicant can get registered with the Karnataka Medical Council. Notification for this was issued on 28 July 2023. Private students and medical students with private seats are also included in this notification. In this case, the notification has been challenged in the Supreme Court, but after the questions raised by the Supreme Court, the students will have to tell the Supreme Court as to why they should be exempted from service in rural areas. However, the Supreme Court’s decision will put an end to the legal debate arising in such cases.

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