Maharashtra Medical College to Pay Rs 2.5 Cr Penalty for Enrolling Students Despite Stay Order: SC
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Last Updated: February 11, 2023, 16:55 IST The top court warned the college that it should not recover the penalty amount from the students (Representational image) The top court had directed the NMC to get a fresh inspection of the college conducted by professor-rank officers within two months to see whether it complied with the norms or not The Supreme Court on Friday directed a Maharashtra medical college to deposit Rs 2.5 crore as penalty to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for “overreaching” its order and admitting 100 MBBS students despite a stay order. The top court said this amount, which will be deposited in four weeks, will be used as per the discretion of the AIIMS director for the treatment of poor patients. In a hearing last year, the court had likened Annasaheb Chudaman Patil Memorial Medical College to the movie ‘Munna Bhai M.B.B.S’ and noted that a surprise inspection by a National Medical Commission (NMC) team had found that all ”hale an