HC directs Pims, Centac to pay 15 lakh compensation to doc for denying MS seat

The Madras high court has ordered a private medical college and the Puducherry government’s centralised admission committee to pay a government doctor 15 lakh as compensation for not admitting him into a postgraduate medical program. The court expressed concern over the commercialization of education by private institutions and hopes that the National Medical Commission will take action to prevent such incidents in the future. The doctor had cleared the NEET PG exam and was allotted a seat, but the institute refused admission and admitted another student who was not sponsored by the committee.