The Supreme Court today allowed the Centre to replace the oversight committee set up to supervise the functioning of the Medical Coucil of India (MCI). A five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar, said the Centre had proposed the names of five eminent doctors to replace the oversight committee whose term had just expired. <br/><br/>The bench said, the doctors proposed are all outstanding people and are satisfied with the names proposed. It also gave the Centre liberty to replace any doctor in the list with another if he does not wish to be a part of the oversight committee.<br/><br/>The bench had yesterday asked the Centre to constitute a panel which would replace the oversight committee set up last year by the apex court to oversee the MCI's functioning till the government put in place an alternate mechanism.<br/><br/>The committee, set up by the court in May last year, was to function for a period of one year or till a suitable mechanism was brought in by the Centre to substitute it.