High time backdoor entry to medical colleges stopped, says Delhi High Court

Delhi High Court while dealing with a petition by five students who were studying at a medical college without going through the NEET-based counselling process said that it was high time that backdoor entry to medical colleges stopped.

Delhi High Court pushed down on backdoor entries to medical colleges, saying that lakhs of students worked hard to secure admission to various educational institutions on the basis of merit.

The court made this statement while dismissing a plea by five students who had been granted admission by LN Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Bhopal, in 2016, without going through the centralised counselling conducted by the Department of Medical Education (DME).