Delhi High Court has directed AIIMS to constitute a board of experts to assess the disability of an MBBS doctor who has been declared ineligible to pursue any postgraduate-level medical course.

The high court said the board shall specifically determine whether the woman petitioner would be able to perform the functions expected from a postgraduate specialist doctor, and submit a detailed report before it in a sealed cover on or before September 14.

The court was hearing a plea by an MBBS doctor whose grievance is that despite being a person with benchmark disability under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, she has been declared ineligible to pursue a postgraduate-level medical course on the basis of a certificate of disability for NEET admissions issued by Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital by which she has been certified as a person with 100 per cent disability.

Justice Sanjeev Narula said it would be appropriate to have a second opinion in respect of the petitioner’s disability and asked the director of AIIMS to constitute a board of three experts in relevant fields to assess her disability and specifically discern as to whether she would be able to perform the functions expected from a postgraduate specialist doctor.

The high court said that while assessing the petitioner’s disability, the board shall take into consideration the contentions raised by counsel for the parties as well as the guidelines of March 13, 2019. It asked the petitioner to be present before the board of doctors of AIIMS for her medical examination on September 5.