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Annoyed over the state of medical education in the country, the Supreme Court slammed the authorities for ignoring the admission procedures and virtually selling the seats.

"The best way for medical test (admission) is to put the seats to auction and whosoever bids successfully should be awarded admission," said the apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar sarcastically.

The Jaipur-based medical college admitted the six students against vacant seats for which there were no takers among the candidates who succeeded in the Rajasthan Pre-medical Test (RPMT), a common entrance exam.

Senior counsel K.K. Venugopal, appearing for the students, questioned the Rajasthan High Court's order faulting the students' admission to a medical college affiliated to the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences.

He said, "It is the court that holds force against me", prompting Justice Reddy to say: "We also seem to be suffering from the same syndrome."

"I have great reservations over the state of medical colleges in the country," said Reddy, adding "We do not discount our (apex court) contribution in the existing state of medical education".

The court said it wanted to hear the Medical Council of India's counsel before deciding the matter.

Source: igovernment