Supreme Court of India

Association of Medical Super Specialityaspirants and Residents & Ors. v. Union of India & Others

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Reported as [2019] 12 S.C.R. 1011
Bench L. Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 19 August 2019

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that the conditions of compulsory bonds for admission to post-graduate and super-Speciality courses in government medical colleges are not in violation of Section 27 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872.

Judgment, page 34

From the headnote

Constitution of India: Art.162; Seventh Schedule, List I, Entries 63 to 66; List III Entr y 25 – Jurisdiction of the S tate Government – Notification issued by S tate Government for compulsory execution of bond by the candidates at the time of admission to post-graduate courses and super speciality courses providing that they shall ser ve the S tate Government for cer tain stipulated period on successful completion of courses failing which they would be liable to r ecompense the S tate Government – Competence of S tate Government to issue such notification – Held: Entry 66 of List I of the 7

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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