In Brief
A medical college sought to quash a debarment order preventing admissions for 2017–2018 and 2018–2019 after a surprise MCI inspection on 9 December 2016 (within the moratorium around Milad-un-Nabi on 12 December) was refused by the Institution. The Supreme Court held that while the amended Establishment of Medical College Regulations 1999 protects inspections only within a strict 2-day window before/after declared holidays, an Institution cannot refuse inspection access on grounds outside that window. However, the Court partly allowed relief: students enrolled for 2016–2017 would continue; a fresh inspection would follow within two months for 2018–2019; and the bank guarantee would remain undisturbed.
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