New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) on Wednesday issued a notice to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, concerning the "protection of Scheduled Castes (SC) medical students from rights violations and discrimination".

The notice follows a representation submitted by the United Doctors Front (UDF), an association of doctors and medical students in India advocating for the rights, safety, and welfare of the medical community. The representation highlighted caste-based discrimination faced by postgraduate medical students from Scheduled Castes at AIIMS, alongside concerns over "inhuman duty hours".

The commission, in its notice, said following the complaint, it has decided to inve...