Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Feb 10: The Delhi High Court issued notice to the Centre and the National Medical Council (NMC) on Thursday in response to a petition filed by students asking the NMC to allow physical training in India for Indian students studying in China who are in their home country due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Petitioners, 147 medical students from Ningbo University in China, claim that they returned to India in early 2020 (January to March) and have been stuck in their home country ever since due to the Chinese authorities’ refusal to provide visas.
On Thursday, the Division Bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh sought a response from the Central Government through the Ministries of Law and Justice, External Affairs, Health and Family Welfare, and the National Medical Council, and adjourned the case till March 21, 2022.
The court, while issuing notice to the respondents orally, instructed them to deal with the problem and find a solution because these are students, not terrorists. They’re only hoping for their study to be set up properly.
The petition also asks the National Medical Commission to order the National Medical Commission to acknowledge the Petitioners’ online classes at their Chinese universities. Students also ask the court to order the Ministry of External Affairs to meet with the Chinese officials in question and address and resolve the petitioners’ concerns.
In light of the Regulations of 2021, the petitioners are not even permitted to move from their current Medical University in China to any other Medical University outside of China. In this context, the future of Indian citizens studying medicine in China is jeopardized during these extraordinary times of medical emergency resulting from the COVID-19 epidemic.
