The Supreme Court will hear on November 29, a petition seeking permission for medical students returning from Ukraine to complete their education in Indian medical colleges.
Representing the Centre, ASG Aishwarya Bhati informed the Court that they had not received a copy of the reply.
ASG Bhati replied that it will serve a copy to the petitioners by today itself.
The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Vikram Nath then decided to take up the matter on November 29.
On September 15, the Central government had informed the Supreme Court that with the existing regulations, the migration of foreign medical students to India was not permitted and the accommodations made in this regard were only on account of the Russia-Ukraine war.
The Union of India had earlier filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court in a batch of pleas which were filed by the Indian students, who have been evacuated from Ukraine, to get permission for continuing their medical studies in India.
In an affidavit, the Ministry of Health said that the petitioners who were asking for accommodating them in colleges are the ones who secured poor marks in NEET exams and thus moved to Ukraine.
It was added that these students cannot be put in any private medical colleges, as they are only rank base colleges. It also added that with the marks and ranking, these colleges are difficult to get; also the fees is too high for many students.
Only Relaxations have been made were for final-year medical students on account of exigencies, and accommodating other students on the same grounds will hamper the standards of medical education in India besides violating the law of the land, the affidavit stated.