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The Apex Court of the country on Monday permitted the Medical Council of India (MCI) to conduct a common test for undergraduate medical courses.
The court said the Medical Council did not require court approval for framing the rules and regulations for conducting examination for admissions to various medical courses like MBBS and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) across the country.
The Supreme Court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik passed these orders after it was told that the common test for undergraduate medical courses was not being held because the case was pending before the court.
The court order came in the wake of the Medical Council asking the court to give it a go-ahead for conducting the entrance test for undergraduate medical courses, including those in private colleges.
The court was told that the new rules and regulations have already been approved by the central government.
"No one can come to us with rules and regulations and seek our approval," the court told the MCI.
The court was told that the common test for the medical courses was aimed at removing the multiplicity of entrance exams.
The MCI told the court that the present multiple entrance system was leading to irregularities and litigation.
