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SCs panel to summon Venugopal

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NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes, probing allegations of discrimination against Scheduled Caste students and doctors at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences here, will summon its Director P. Venugopal to appear before the panel.

‘Judicial summons’

A ‘judicial summons’ will be served personally, Commission chairman Buta Singh told The Hindu on Monday. For the past three months, it had sent several notices to Dr. Venugopal, asking him to appear before it and reply to the charges, but he did not turn up, Mr. Singh said.

Now he would be asked to report within 15 days, failing which the Commission could invoke the powers of a civil court under Article 338 of the Constitution and direct the police to enforce the summons and present him before it.

Thorat panel report

The Commission is also studying the Thorat Committee report on discrimination, including against AIIMS faculty members.

The Commission has also received complaints from some faculty members.

It had set Monday as the last day for Dr. Venugopal’s appearance before winding up its hearing.

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