In Brief
A medical college challenged its debarment from admitting students for 2017-18 and 2018-19 following inspections that revealed significant deficiencies in faculty, residents, and facilities. The college argued that a second inspection within a month violated regulatory restrictions. The Supreme Court held that the MCI, as an expert statutory body, has full authority to conduct multiple inspections without legal restriction, particularly where it has legitimate reasons to verify the authenticity of facilities. However, the Court partly allowed the petition, permitting the college one final opportunity to remedy deficiencies by 2018-19, while keeping its bank guarantee intact and declining to interfere with the interim debarment orders.
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