Supreme Courtroom seeks report from NMC on allegations of non-payment of honorarium to MBBS trainee

The Supreme Courtroom on Friday requested the Nationwide Medical Fee (NMC) to research allegations that 70 per cent of medical schools within the nation aren’t offering necessary honorarium to MBBS trainees. The apex court docket additionally directed Delhi’s Military Faculty of Medical Sciences to pay Rs 25,000 as honorarium to its MBBS trainees from October 1, 2023. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra requested the NMC to file a report and supply detailed info on the petitioners’ declare that 70 per cent of medical schools don’t pay any honorarium to MBBS trainees. The bench additionally requested it to elucidate what steps have been taken to pay honorarium to him as per the principles. Advocate Vaibhav Gaghar, showing on behalf of the scholars demanding honorarium, mentioned {that a} latest report of NMC mentioned that 70 p.c of the medical schools within the nation aren’t paying honorarium to their trainees. The bench requested NMC’s counsel Gaurav Sharma to answer this declare and file an affidavit together with a desk of faculties which have and haven’t paid honorarium to the trainee.