{
  "id": 10483311,
  "title": "MP High Court Allows MBBS Student To Appear In Third Professional Exam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/mp-high-court-allows-mbbs-student-to-appear-in-third-professional-exam",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T15:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/mp-high-court-allows-mbbs-student-to-appear-in-third-professional-exam"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a significant ruling, the Madhya Pradesh High Court principal bench in Jabalpur has permitted a MBBS student to sit for the remaining professional examination scheduled for October 1, 2026. The student, Vishwas Bajpayee, hails from an Economically Weaker Section (EWS) background and secured AIR rank 509 in the NEET examination of 2020. He had been admitted to the MBBS course at Mahaveer Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, with the tuition fee being covered by the state government under the Mukhyamantri Medhavi Vidyarthi Yojana.\n\nThe court's decision comes after the petitioner faced substantial academic challenges due to the transition from Hindi-medium education to an English-medium professional medical course. Moreover, the petitioner's academic difficulties were exacerbated by his mother's serious illness, his sister's schizophrenia, and the financial and emotional burdens on his family. These circumstances prevented the petitioner from adequately preparing for the First Professional MBBS Examination and failing to clear it within the allotted attempts. Consequently, the medical college refused to allow the petitioner to appear in the third professional examination and complete the course due to the unpaid tuition fees.\n\nDespite this setback, the High Court has ordered the concerned medical college to issue a notice to the petitioner for payment of the process fee within a seven-day window. This notice will be returnable within six weeks. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Alpesh Y Kogje and Justice Vivek Jain passed this order. The medical college's stance now hinges on whether the petitioner can meet the tuition fee requirements, and the court has not ruled out the possibility of permitting the student to complete the course and the remaining professional examination.",
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Madhya Pradesh principal bench of High Court at Jabalpur has directed that the petitioner shall be permitted to appear in the remaining professional examination going to be held on Oct 1, 2026. He shall be permitted to attend the further academic session subject to result. HC further ordered notice to the concerned medical college on payment of process fee within seven…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}