Overview
- The National Medical Commission withdrew the Letter of Permission for the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence in Reasi with immediate effect for the 2025–26 MBBS batch of 50 seats.
- A MARB team substantiated complaints about inadequate infrastructure, insufficient clinical material, and shortages of full‑time faculty and resident doctors, calling the deficiencies gross and substantial.
- State and UT authorities were authorised to place the admitted students in other medical institutions within Jammu and Kashmir as supernumerary seats to protect their academic interests.
- The inaugural admission list included 42 Kashmiri Muslim students out of 50, prompting protests by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangarsh Samiti and allied Hindu groups over the use of shrine donations and demands for preferential treatment.
- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah defended merit-based admissions and called for shifting students and closing the college, while BJP leaders welcomed the regulator’s move.