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The Supreme Court has granted approval for implementing the Medical Council of India's (MCI) notification to have a common entrance test for MBBS programme.

An apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik, while giving the go ahead to the MCI, said that anyone aggrieved by the notification, can challenge it in the court.

"If you (MCI) think you are independent and don't require any approval from the centre, then you can go ahead with its implementation, and if you think you need approval from the government, then go to it (government)," the bench said.

On October 21, 2010, the MCI issued a notification providing for common entrance test for undergraduate medical courses all over the country. However, this notification was kept in abeyance due to stiff opposition by the Tamil Nadu government.

The state government subsequently obtained a stay against the notification from the Madras High Court.

Source: igovernment