The High Court on Thursday cleared the way for the authorities concerned to continue the MBBS admission process for the academic session 2020-2021.
The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Sardar Md Rashed Jahangir rejected a writ petition that sought an order from the government to suspend the MBBS admission process for the academic session 2020-2021, claiming the merit list as faulty.
The HC bench, however, observed that if any candidate has any grievance over the MBBS admission process or its merit list, he can apply to the Directorate General of Medical Education (DGME) for remedy, and the DG must resolve the problems in seven days.
Additional Attorney General Mohammad Mehedi Hasan Chowdhury told the media that there is no legal bar for the authorities concerned to continue the MBBS admission process following the HC’s rejection order.
Deputy Attorney General Bipul Bagmar also represented the state while Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Mohammad Humayun Kabir Pallab appeared for the writ petitioners in the court.
The writ petition was filed with the High Court on May 19. Barrister Humayun Kabir Pallab submitted the writ petition on behalf of 324 candidates, who were disqualified as per the ‘faulty merit list’, requesting the HC to direct the authorities concerned with the government to cancel ‘faulty merit list’ and to publish a fresh merit list through reevaluating the MBBS admission test result.
Earlier on May 11, Barrister Humayun Kabir Pallab and Barrister Mohammad Kawshar sent a legal notice to the government in this regard on behalf of 248 candidates.
The Bureau of Health Education began the admission process in the medical colleges for the 2020-2021 academic year from May 22.
The Directorate General of Medical Education (DGME) on April 4 published the results of the MBBS admission test for the academic session 2020-21. A total of 48,975 students passed against 12,690 seats in 47 public and 70 private medical colleges across the country. There are 4,350 seats in public medical colleges and 8,340 in private medical colleges. On April 2, a total of 116,792 aspirants appeared in the MBBS admission.
Before the admission test, a man submitted a writ petition as a public interest litigation to the HC on March 21, seeking its directive on the authorities to defer the date of holding the admission test. The High Court rejected the petition on March 24, saying that the petition was not placed properly.
