In Brief
N.C. Medical College sought admission permission for 150 students in 2018–19 despite multiple inspection reports over three years finding persistent deficiencies in faculty (9%), residents (10–28%), infrastructure, and operations. The High Court granted admission relying on a Government permission order dated 31.5.2018. The Supreme Court allowed MCI's appeal, holding that the High Court erred in relying on that Government order, which had itself been issued pursuant to the High Court's own interim mandatory direction—an order the Supreme Court had already set aside. The Court held that expert inspection reports cannot be displaced by website content or paper compliance letters; courts cannot sit in appellate review of inspectors' factual findings. Permission for admissions could not be granted given repeated deficiencies over years and rigid statutory time schedules for admissions.
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