Overview

• A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela issued notice and sought responses within four weeks, listing the matter for hearing in September.
• The plea challenges the Teachers’ Eligibility Qualifications Regulations, 2025, and a July 2 amendment that permits up to 30% non-medical faculty in five core MBBS departments.
• Petitioners argue the change violates the National Medical Commission Act, 2019, and undermines the Competency-Based Medical Education curriculum by allowing faculty without MBBS or clinical exposure.
• The petition states the previous cap for non-medical faculty was 15% in those departments and applied only when medical faculty were unavailable.
• Filed through advocate Satyam Singh Rajput, the petition seeks an interim stay and asks that only MBBS/MD/MS doctors teach MBBS students.