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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
AMIT RAWAL, J., K. V. JAYAKUMAR, J.
Neha Mariam George D/o George Thomas – Appellant
Versus
National Medical Commission – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Amit Rawal, J.
This order shall dispose of twenty (20) writ appeals preferred against the common judgment dated 18.12.2024 disposing of various writ petitions whereby the appellants- petitioners were not successful in assailing the circular dated 22.5.2024 of the University called Kerala University of Health Science (KUHS) imposing a condition of having minimum 80% attendance in the total course period with at least 80% attendance in the Final year to satisfy the requirement of attendance to appear for the University examinations, in defiance to the regulations of 2023, promulgated Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023 (PGMER, 2023) vide notification dated 29.12.2023 by the National Medical Commission for adjudication of the controversy.
2. Succinctly, the facts in brief are enumerated herein below:
All the appellants-petitioners are Doctors, who have obtained admission for Post Graduate Courses in various Medical Colleges in the State affiliated with the University for the academic year 2021-2022. On the basis of the allotment by the Centralized authority appointed by the State and Central Government. The details of the courses being pursued by the different pet
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