New Delhi, September 25: The Supreme Court allowed the admission of two color blind students into MBBS courses. Both the students had initially challenged the denial of admission by the college during counseling in 2015 before Tripura High Court, but had failed to get any relief.
A three-judge Bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra had constituted an expert committee to ascertain whether color blindness affected prospects of students aspiring to become doctors.
In its report, the committee had opined that “Colour Vision Deficiency does not have any embargo of any type whatsoever” and suggested the incorporation of a suitable provision in the Graduate Medical Education to the effect that a person with visual disability of category I and above shall not be eligible to pursue Graduate Medical Education.
The Medical Council of India and the Tripura Medical College had objected to their admission even though they had high marks in the entrance exam conducted by the Tripura government.