New Delhi   

Court approves AIIMS degrees

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday put its seal of approval on the MBBS degrees issued by the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences here to some students on Thursday without the signature of the President of the Institute’s Governing Body, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, observing that “the interests of the students should not suffer”.

However, a Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice M.K. Sharma and Justice Veena Birbal also accepted the submission by counsel for the Minister and for the AIIMS Dean (Academics) that they would be issuing separate degrees to the students within two days and directed them to do the same.

The directions came when three of the students in their petition before the Bench expressed their apprehension that the degrees issued to them on Thursday with the signatures of the Institute’s Director and the Dean (Examinations) might not be accepted by universities abroad where they had applied for higher studies.

Counsel for the Dean (Academics) and for the Minister disputed the validity of the degrees issued to the students submitting that they did not carry their signatures. They also informed the Court they would not be signing the degrees.

Then the Court went through the rules for awarding the degrees and came to the conclusion that there was nothing wrong about them.

When the Court asked counsel for the Minister and for the Dean (Academics) whether they disputed the results of the students, they replied in the negative.

The Court will take up the petition for hearing on merit on Monday.

The AIIMS administration on Thursday had issued the degrees to as many as 49 students as they required them urgently for submitting them to foreign universities where they had applied for higher studies.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Tracing mythology — modern way
A fresh insight into the world of theatre
Spiritual heartlands on canvas
Centre to protect godowns in agricultural areas from sealing
Parents shocked at alleged porn racket in the Capital
Concern over incidents of sexual abuse of students Law & order
6 per cent DA rise for Central government staff
Power supply disruption
Slums director remanded to CBI custody
Distribution of new ration cards for “poorest of the poor” begins
Chief Minister visits ailing poet
Judge elevated to High Court
Man gets lifer
CPI (M-L) calls off hunger strike
New arrival
Protest against nuclear deal
BSES sop for consumers
‘Ban Chinese meters’
Court approves AIIMS degrees
Supreme Court paves the way for Chanakya demolition
BJP goes into “election mode”
Term extended
2 kg of heroin seized; one arrested
M. Shamim passes away
Three sentenced for attacking cop
L-G invites suggestions
We want candidates with excellent academic background, says NSUI
Arrested while planning robbery
Eight held for damaging vehicles
Software engineer commits suicide
Woman held for stoning Lalu’s car
New police district created in Outer Delhi
U.P. by-polls held under heavy security
CBI probe ordered into Gohana murder
Cholera, diarrhoea epidemic claims 171 lives in Orissa
Israel emerging as India’s major defence partner
In the capital today

Copyright © 2007, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu