Nagpur: MBBS students in government medical colleges (GMCs) will be eligible for admissions to post graduate (MD/MS) courses without completing the one-year bond service, at least for the next three years starting 2019-20.The Bombay high court has ordered that students who have been admitted to MBBS course up to October 12, 2017, can seek admission to PG courses without fulfilling the requirement of one-year compulsory bond after MBBS course. They will complete their bond service after the PG course. 

The HC has clarified that students who have taken admission to MBBS course after October 2017 would have to complete their bond service before seeking admissions to PG. However, such candidates will apply for PG only after completion of their four-year MBBS course, which is not before 2021-22. So, effectively, bond service after MBBS will not be a necessary clause till then… (ET Health, March 23, 2019)