Hyderabad : A two judge bench of the High Court at Hyderabad comprising Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice M Satyanarayana Murthy on Wednesday refused to interdict the decision of the Medical council of India (MCI) in deleting MD (Biochemistry) from eligibility into admission in the super-specialty course of Doctor of Medicine (DM) in Endocrinology as arbitrary and illegal. The bench dismissed a writ plea filed by Dr P Harsha Vardhan and others seeking such declaration. A postgraduate degree in Paediatrics, General Medicine or Biochemistry was prescribed as qualifying subjects prior to the impugned amendment.
The petitioners contended that they chose Biochemistry in the hope of taking up a post doctoral course and the exclusion derailed their professional plans. The MCI justified its action contending that it had constituted a Speciality Board to re-examine the eligibility…
