NEET-PG: Supreme Court Allows A Candidate To Join 2022-23 Counselling Without Original Documents Submitted In College She Joined Earlie

• The Supreme Court, on Friday, issued notice in a plea filed by a medical student desirous of giving up her seat at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, and participating in second round of counselling of NEET-PG 2022-23. Last year she took admission at the said college and this year she has appeared for NEET-PG 2022-23. 

• The college authorities are demanding payment of the balance tuition fee of two remaining years in the three years course, in terms of the Bond furnished at the time of admission, to release her original documents.

• The matter was listed for admission before a Bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and C.T. Ravikumar. The Bench asked the Medical Counselling Committee and the other respondents to permit the petitioner to participate in the NEET-PG Counselling scheduled from 26.10.2022 to 30.10.2022. 

• It further noted that if the petitioner qualifies in the second round counselling she may be permitted to join without insisting on furnishing the original documents.
  
  
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