Mohamed Ibrahim & Ors vs Vinayaka Mission Univ.& Ors

The Supreme Court granted permission to file Special Leave Petitions concerning Vinayaka Mission University's offshore medical campus in Thailand. The Court emphasized that degrees awarded by the offshore campus would be treated as foreign medical degrees, requiring students to pass the screening test as per the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 and the Screening Test Regulations, 2002. The Court noted that the provisional MBBS degree awarded by the VMRF was not recognized by the Medical Council of Thailand, nor was the course approved by the Medical Council of India, thereby upholding the regulatory framework governing medical education in India.