The Supreme court has ruled that doctors possessing medical degrees from an off-shore overseas campus cannot practice in India if the certificate awarded to them is not recognised by the country in which the college is located. A bench of justices R M Lodha and H L Gokhale passed the ruling dismissing a bunch of appeals by students of Tamil Nadu-based Vinayaka Medical Research Foundation. In their appeals, the students challenged refusal of the Medical Council of India to recognise their degree from the varsity's off-shore campus in Thailand.