Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Supreme Court Sets CBI Clearance Route for MP Nursing Exams
Some nursing students in Madhya Pradesh want to take their exams.
Their colleges are being checked because there are questions about whether they followed the rules.
The students said their colleges had already been inspected when they were admitted.
The Supreme Court said the colleges must cooperate with a CBI investigation.
If the CBI clears a college, its students can take exams there.
If the college is not cleared, the students can take exams at another institution.
The High Court had earlier refused permission for students from some colleges in the Gwalior-Chambal region.
The High Court also said colleges could proceed after promising to face the investigation and receiving clarification from the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court told Madhya Pradesh nursing students to ask their colleges to face a CBI investigation.
Students may take examinations at colleges that receive a CBI “green check.”
Students from colleges not cleared by the CBI may be shifted to another institution for examinations.
Students argued that their colleges had passed inspections conducted under the Supreme Court’s directions.
The High Court said examinations could proceed if colleges undertake to face a CBI probe and obtain Supreme Court clarification.
- Who
- Madhya Pradesh nursing students, their colleges, the Supreme Court, the High Court and the Central Bureau of Investigation.
- What
- The Supreme Court set conditions for nursing students to take examinations while their colleges face scrutiny.
- When
- The Supreme Court hearing and the referenced High Court proceedings took place on Tuesday; the affected students were admitted during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic sessions.
- Where
- Madhya Pradesh, including colleges in the Gwalior-Chambal region.
- Why
- The colleges are under scrutiny, including over whether faculty duplication was examined during an earlier inquiry.
Students’ position
Courts’ position
Permission to sit exams
Students’ position
Students’ counsel argued that students should be allowed to take exams because their colleges were inspected after the Supreme Court’s directions and were found compliant by a court-constituted committee.
Courts’ position
The Supreme Court said examinations should depend on CBI clearance; students at colleges without clearance may be moved to another institution.
Responsibility for the investigation
Students’ position
Students argued that they should not be disadvantaged because they enrolled after the colleges had undergone inspections.
Courts’ position
The Supreme Court told students to approach the college managements and insist that the colleges face the CBI probe, while the High Court required an undertaking and Supreme Court clarification.
- Students affected
- Students admitted during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic sessions.
- Examination condition
- A college must receive a CBI “green check” for students to take exams there.
- Alternative arrangement
- Students from colleges not cleared may be shifted to another institution for examinations.
- Earlier High Court order
- The August 13 order refused permission for students from colleges in the Gwalior-Chambal region to appear for exams.
- Earlier inquiry
- A 10-member committee constituted by the Gwalior Bench in 2021 did not examine faculty duplication, according to the High Court.
- Students’ argument
- Counsel said the colleges had complied with prescribed rules and criteria after inspections ordered by the Supreme Court.