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15 Jun, 14 tweets, 5 min read

#SupremeCourt bench led by Justice Indira Banerjee to shortly hear a plea seeking directions to induct foreign medical graduates (FMGs) into the healthcare workforce of the country to augment the ailing healthcare system
#FMGE
#covid19

Matter to be heard shortly
#FMGE #SupremeCourt

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appears for petitioners
#SupremeCourt #FMGE

Sibal: we are not seeking any exemption from any exam (Association of MD Physicians)

Adv Gaurav Sharma for National Medical Council seeks time for filing reply

#SupremeCourt #FMGE

Justice Banerjee: we will specify that you are not pressing for exemption from any exam

Justice MR Shah: where is the question of mandamus for reducing the qualifying criteria?

Sibal: all I am asking is let them consider it. they have done it in NEET exam

@KapilSibal

@KapilSibal : there is some urgency. please do not list after 3 weeks. There are 2 categories of students, one are Russian students who have appeared exam, passed and sitting idle. other is those who have cleared exam but no internships is being given

Justice Banerjee: 3 weeks to NMC for reply and one week for counter
#supremecourt

Senior Adv Sanjay Hegde: item 49 is a separate issue altogether. (OLAK NOBENG
Versus NATIONAL BOARD EXAMINATION)

Hegde: we seek some time for the FMGE exams to be held

Adv Gaurav Sharma: another plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking to postpone the FMGE exam

Hegde: I appear for a foreign medical graduate from Itanagar and I have to travel to Guwahati. there are few others like me

Justice Shah: when the HC has dismissed it place that for consideration. Let the HC order come on board. place the HC order and we will take it up on Friday

Hegde: Friday is the exam

Justice Shah: we cant do anything last minute

ASG Aishwarya Bhati: This is not a SLP against the order. This is a writ petition

Hegde: HC said association went to Supreme Court and since there was no relief in SC, you came to HC and you have come here with unclean hands and indulging in forum shopping.

Justice Banerjee: I do not know if we can stop any exam in individual cases. High court has already decided.

#supremecourt #FMGE

Matter to be listed again on June 18 (Friday)

Hedge: we will see if something can be salvaged then

Justice Shah: or you withdraw it (smiles)

#supremecourt #FMGE

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