In Brief
This case concerns fee fixation for MBBS courses in private self-financing medical colleges in Kerala. The Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee had provisionally fixed fees at ₹5 lakh, but was remanded by the High Court to reconsider the managements' proposals afresh. The Supreme Court held that the Committee must undertake de novo reconsideration of fee proposals from 2017-18 onwards using factors specified in the 2017 Act, ensuring fees are neither excessive nor exploitative. The Committee must provide reasonable opportunity to managements and complete the exercise within three months. The Court rejected restrictions on the Committee's examination powers, directing it to apply statutory factors while respecting institutions' autonomy in charging non-exploitative fees.
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