Indian doctors have won a significant legal battle in the high court of Justice as the British government agreed to withdraw a “discriminatory clause”, which would have excluded them from the job interview and appointment process if they did not have visas beyond August 1, 2007.

The high court was due to hear on Thursday the application filed by the British Association for People of Indian Origin for permission to take a judicial review of the injunction on rules affecting Highly Skilled Migrant Programme doctors