In Brief
The petitioner, a medical college, challenged the Ministry's decision denying MBBS admissions for 2017-18 and 2018-19 and authorizing encashment of a Rs. 2 crore bank guarantee. The Supreme Court held that the MCI must conduct fresh inspection as per schedule for 2018-19, treating the 2017-18 renewal application as one for 2018-19. The Ministry must decide within one month of MCI's recommendation. The bank guarantee shall not be encashed pending the final decision, and the college's students from conditional permission for 2016-17 may continue studies. The petition was disposed with directions for procedural compliance.
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