SC slams private medical college students challenging Compulsory Rural Service

Just because a student is pursuing his/her medical education from a private medical college, are they exempted from undergoing the mandatory rural service? The Supreme Court raised this question yesterday i.e. on May 22 while considering a plea in this regard.

Filing the plea, the medical students challenged a notification issued by the Karnataka Government, which made it a mandatory requirement for the medical students to fulfil one year of compulsory public rural service to become eligible for permanent registration with the Karnataka Medical Council.