In Brief
Medical colleges applied for permission to establish new institutions under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. After initial inspection, the MCI recommended rejection. A Supreme Court-mandated Oversight Committee later granted conditional approval. However, a second inspection revealed deficiencies, and the Central Government ordered cancellation of permission and a two-year bar on admissions. The Supreme Court held the cancellation invalid: the order failed to address the Oversight Committee's recommendations confirming permission, violated procedural fairness by not reasoned engagement with all relevant materials, and breached the statutory hearing requirement. The Court remanded for fresh reconsideration within 10 days.
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