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J. Venkatesan

Supreme Court allows four medical colleges to hold Common Entrance Test

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed four medical colleges, who are members of the Kerala Private Medical Colleges Managements Association, to conduct a Common Entrance Test (CET) on August 5 for admission to the MBBS course for 2007-08.

A Bench of Justice B.N. Agrawal and Justice P.P. Naolekar passed the order on an application filed by the Association seeking protection of Central police forces for holding the CET. The Bench recorded a statement from senior counsel for the State C.S. Vaidynathan that adequate police protection would be given for the conduct of the CET.

The four colleges are Amala Institute of Medical Sciences, Amalagiri, Thrissur; Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur; Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College, Kolencherry, Ernakulam; and Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Thiruvalla.

In its brief order, the Bench said that both parties had agreed that the CET could be conducted, without prejudice to the rights and contentions raised in an appeal pending before the apex court, for admission to the four medical colleges on August 5 at two centres — Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kochi, and Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ernakulam.

Senior counsel for Kerala, upon instructions from the State Government, said that all protection necessary would be given by the State for the smooth conduct of the CET. The Bench further said that both parties agreed that the CET should be conducted under the supervision of the Admissions Supervisory Committee constituted under a State legislation. The Bench told Mr. Vaidyanathan: “You have to abide by our order. Thereafter don’t give lame excuse.”

Appearing for the Association, senior counsel Rohinton Nariman said the Association could not conduct its CET recently as students affiliated to Communist parties prevented holding of the CET.

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