Following a recommendation from the Supreme Court-appointed committee of doctors to lift the bar on people with colour vision deficiency (CVD) from joining the medical stream, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has agreed to end its decades-old practice. Accepting the recommendation of the committee, comprising experts from genetics, ophthalmology, psychiatry and medical education, the MCI told a bench of justices that it would implement the recommendation and a formal decision would be taken in its academic general body meeting to be held in October.
The advocates appearing for MCI informed the bench that the mandatory screening for colour blindness had been done away with as per the entrance examination (NEET) for admission to medical courses. The bench was examining the validity of MCI rule on a plea of two medical aspiring students who were denied admission in college after clearing…
