In Brief
A medical college challenged an order that barred it from admitting MBBS students for 2017-18 and 2018-19 after it objected to a second inspection scheduled beyond the prescribed cut-off date, when an earlier inspection had found only marginal deficiencies (1.5% faculty, 6.52% residents) within permissible limits. The Court held that the administrative authorities failed to apply mind by mechanically accepting the debarment without justifying why a second inspection was necessary after the first inspection was already complete. Exercising its Article 142 powers for complete justice, the Court allowed the college to admit 150 students for 2017-18 through central counselling, extended the cut-off date to 5 September 2017, and confirmed the college's permission for 2016-17, permitting future inspections if necessary."
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