Relief for MBBS students who came back from Ukraine, China as SC grants two attempts to clear exams
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed this after the centre, as a one-time exception, expressed willingness to give them one chance to clear the exam as recommended by an expert Committee. The court was hearing a plea by medical students who had to return from universities abroad following covid-19 and Ukraine-Russia war. Undergraduate medical students who had to return from Ukraine and China in their penultimate year of study will get two attempts to clear their final MBBS exams in India. The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed this after the centre, as a one-time exception, expressed willingness to give them one chance to clear the exam as recommended by an expert Committee. Though the centre suggested one chance, the SC bench of Justices B R Gavai and Vikram Nath felt that this may be insufficient and modified it to allow two attempts. “We accept the report of the committee, subject to a minor modification…student being offered a single chance to clear MBBS Final, both Part I and...