Supreme Court's Decisions On MBBS-MD, Medical Admissions, Doctors & Health Professionals In 2024

The year 2024 has witnessed interesting and far-reaching legal developments on the issue of the safety of doctors and medical professionals, administration and admissions into medical colleges and work conditions in the medical sector. Here are the key decisions and observations by the Supreme Court on several important issues relating to the medical profession and courses.Supreme Court Refuses To Cancel NEET-UG 2024, Says There's No Material To Show Systemic BreachThe Supreme Court refused to cancel the NEET-UG 2024 exam on the grounds of paper leaks and malpractices. The Court stated that there was no material to indicate that the leak was systemic affecting the sanctity of the entire exam.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra passed the order in a batch of petitions seeking to cancel the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test(NEET) held for Under Graduate (UG) medical admissions on May 5, 2024 for paper leak and malpractices. The results were declared on June 4.The Court also stated that ordering a re-examination will lead to serious consequences affecting over 23 lakh students and will lead to disruption of the academic schedule, causing a cascading effect in the coming years. The data produced on record is not indicative of a systemic leak of the question paper which would lead to the destruction of the sanctity of the exam, the Court stated.Case Details: VANSHIKA YADAV Versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. W.P.(C) No. 335/2024 NEET UG 2024 | Over 4 Lakh Students To Lose 5 Marks As Supreme Court Asks NTA To Revise Results Based On IIT Delhi Report While refusing to cancel the NEET-UG 2024 exam for paper leak, the Supreme Court today directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to revise the results by treating the option identified by an expert team constituted by the IIT-Delhi as the correct answer to an ambiguous question.The NTA had treated two options as the correct answers to this question. Now, the Court has asked the agency to treat only the option approved by the IIT-Delhi team as the correct option. This would mean that the scores of over four lakh students, who had selected that option, will reduce by five (four marks' loss and one negative mark). The bench directed the NTA to take into account the expert committee's opinion of considering option 4 as the only correct option and revise the NEET-UG exam results with the said modification.Case Details: VANSHIKA YADAV Versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. W.P.(C) No. 335/2024 Supreme Court Asks Expert Committee To Suggest Reforms For Better Administration Of NEET-UG Exam While refusing to cancel the NEET-UG exam held on May 5 this year on account of paper leak and malpractices, the Supreme Court today expanded the mandate for a 7-member expert committee constituted by the Union government to look into NEET paper leak and other malpractices.A bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala, Manoj Misra delivered the judgment and prescribed the mandate under 5 broad heads viz. (i) Examination Security and Administration, (ii) Data Security and Technological Enhancements, (iii) Policy and Stakeholder Engagement, (iv) Collaboration and International Cooperation, and (v) Support and Training.Case Details: VANSHIKA YADAV Versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. W.P.(C) No. 335/2024 RG Kar Hospital Case | 'Can't Await Another Rape For Things To Change' : Supreme Court Forms Task Force On Medical Professional's SafetyIn a significant development, the Supreme Court initiated the suo motu case over the rape and murder of a doctor at the RG Kar Medical College Hospital in Kolkata on August 9 to address the "systemic issues."The bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra directed the creation of a "National Task Force" comprising doctors all over the country to give recommendations on the modalities to be followed all over the country to ensure the safety of medical professionalsThe bench noted that several states such as Maharashtra, Kerala, Telangana, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu etc. have framed state laws to deal with violence against doctors. However, these laws do not address deficiencies in institutional safety standards.Case Title : In Re : Alleged Rape and Murder of Trainee Doctor in RG Kar Medical College Hospital, Kolkata and related issues | SMW(Crl) 2/2024 NTF Formed By Supreme Court Gives Suggestions On Safety & Better Working Conditions Of Medical Professionals The National Task Force (NTF) constituted by the Supreme Court in the wake of safety concerns of medical professionals after the RG Kar Hospital Doctor's Rape-Murder, has given exhaustive recommendations for enhancing better work conditions of the professionals and preventing sexual harassment at medical workplaces.The NTF, in its recommendations also gave a slew of solutions relating to stricter security measures. These include the Short Term Measures (STM) that detail upon (a) Constitution of Security...

Supreme Court's Decisions On MBBS-MD, Medical Admissions, Doctors & Health Professionals In 2024

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