{"id":29850,"date":"2017-07-10T18:59:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T13:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/?p=29850"},"modified":"2017-10-16T14:10:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T08:40:45","slug":"now-colour-blindness-no-bar-studying-medicine-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/top-news-of-the-day\/news\/now-colour-blindness-no-bar-studying-medicine-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Now colour blindness no bar in studying medicine in India"},"content":{"rendered":"
Above:<\/em> Two students were denied admission to Tripura Medical College as they were colour blind<\/em><\/p>\n It has been finally decided that colour blindness isn\u2019t a hurdle in either the study of medicine or in becoming a successful doctor\/surgeon. And with the Supreme Court putting its stamp on the legality of the issue, the belief of two students who were denied admission two years back has been vindicated.<\/p>\n When the two students got through the admission test and then tried to get admitted to the Tripura Medical College, they were denied. They went to the Tripura High Court, which also turned down their plea. They were not ones to give up and approached the Supreme Court. That was in September 2015. The court gave its nod on July 7.<\/p>\n The respondents, the Medical Council of India (MCI), argued that as per the council\u2019s recommendation of 2004, those who were colour blind would not be able to perform their duty as doctor and hence were barred from studying medicine.<\/p>\n