Allow Ukraine-Returned Indian Students To Continue Medical Education In India : PIL In Supreme Court

A Public Interest Litigation(PIL) petiiton has been filed in Supreme Court seeking specific guidelines or directions in respect of admission and continuation of their Medical Course in India for Indian students who were studying in Ukraine and were displaced from their Medical Universities.

The petition filed by Advocates Rana Sandeep Busa and Dr Neetu Naidu states that the need of hour for the government is to step in and provide for the necessary Integration of the Foreign Medical Students into the Indian Medical Curriculum.

The lawyers in the plea have also sought relief for providing Medical Subject equivalency orientation program for admitting them into the Indian Curriculum.

"It has to be taken into consideration that National Medical Commission has allowed Foreign Medical Graduates to Complete their Internship in India due to the on-going war between Ukraine and Russia, so in this back drop the Government must consider the plight of the Medical students who were forced to flee for their lives leaving behind their Medical Education in between and returned back to India because of the ongoing war," the petition states.

Petitioners have averred in the petition that the Government needs to consider their plight which they are facing especially due to no prospects available for them in near future to go back, study and complete their Medical Education Course.

"Even private institutions like MIT Group of Institutions from Maharashtra have come forward in offering seats for Indian Medical Student returning from war torn country of Ukraine", the petition states.

"The abrupt stop in their education is affecting the fundamental rights of almost 20,000 Indian Medical Students, particularly the Right to Life & Right to Equality. Once the students are returning back to India their prospects are bleak and poor. In this dire situation it is the duty of the Central and State Government to come forward and extend an helping hand to the students and their families," plea also states.

The petition has been filed through Advocate Shashibhushan P Adgaonkar.

Case Title: Rana Sandeep Bussa & Anr v UOI & Anr