The Supreme Court expressed concern over medical schools charging capitation charge and acknowledged the apply is prevalent even as we speak regardless of enacting legislations prohibiting it. The high courtroom additional talked about that the personal medical schools are strictly prohibited from accepting fee of charges in money in an effort to keep away from charging of capitation charge.
The high courtroom’s commentary got here whereas listening to a matter of organising an online portal which might function a platform for the aggrieved individuals to offer data regarding any demand of capitation charge made by personal medical schools.
The bench directed that an internet portal underneath the aegis of the Supreme Court must be arrange whereby any details about the personal medical schools charging capitation charges may be furnished by college students.
The portal must be maintained and controlled by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) underneath the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, it stated.
A bench headed by justice L Nageswara Rao acknowledged it can not shut its eyes to the laborious realities of commercialisation of schooling and evil practices being adopted by many establishments to earn giant quantities.
“In spite of the state governments enacting legislations prohibiting the practice of charging capitation fee and making it an offence, the stark reality which cannot be ignored is that capitation fee being charged for admission to medical colleges is prevalent even today,” the bench additionally comprising justice B R Gavai stated.
Capitation charge means any quantity, by no matter identify known as, paid or collected immediately or not directly in extra of the charge prescribed.
Furthermore, the chief secretaries of the States and Union Territories are directed to publish the small print in regards to the net portal within the English in addition to vernacular newspapers on the time of admission. In addition, a pamphlet must be compulsorily given to the scholars and their mother and father on the time of counselling informing them in regards to the availability of the net portal.
“While fixing the schedule for the admission process, the National Medical Commission and the Dental Council of India have to make sure that the counselling for all the rounds, including the stray vacancy round, is completed at least two weeks before the last date of admission. The names of students who are recommended by the authority for admission in the stray round vacancy have to be made public along with rank allotted to them in the NEET exam,” the bench stated.
The admissions must be made strictly on the idea of benefit and within the occasion of any admission on the contrary, appropriate motion shall be taken towards the personal medical schools, it stated.
“While fixing fee, the fee fixation committees of the states should take into account all the components of fee, leaving no scope for managements to charge any additional amount apart from what has been prescribed by the fee fixation committee from time to time. In the event that the management intends to charge additional amounts over and above the price band fixed by the Fee Fixation Committee, or for any component not included in the structure fixed by the Fee Fixation Committee, the same can only be done with the concurrence of the Fee Fixation Committee,” the bench stated.
The director normal of Health Services and different authorities involved of the state governments ought to make sure that the All-India Quota and State Quota rounds of counselling are accomplished strictly in accordance with the time schedule that’s fastened, the bench added.
With inputs from PTI.
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