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Should have been settled amicably between college, internee: Judge Insisting that sari alone was a decent dress not correct CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed a private homoeopathic medical college not to insist that an internee wear only a sari and to permit her to wear salwar kameez/churidar with dupatta during the internship. In his order on a petition, Justice K. Venkataraman said the issue should have been settled amicably between the college management and the internee. But, unfortunately it had faced legal notices, a petition to the National Commission for Women and now a writ petition before this court. V. Kamalam of Porur here, in her petition, submitted that she studied BHMS (Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery) in Venkateswara Homoeopathic Medical College at Porur. She said the college authorities insisted that she come dressed in a sari for the internship. She submitted that the college not permitting her to complete the internship by insisting on a non-existing dress code was illegal. Mr. Justice Venkataraman went into the question of whether such an insistence had any rhyme or reason or whether it was irrational. It was common knowledge that in most of the schools in Tamil Nadu, the original dress code for girls was full skirt and half-sari which was followed from time immemorial. Most of the schools were now permitting salwar kameez with dupatta or churidar with dupatta. Even in colleges, these dresses were considered to be decent. He referred to the request by P.A.s to Madras High Court Judges to permit them to wear churidars/salwar kameez with dupatta. It had been resolved in the Administrative Committee that such a request could be acceded to and the representation submitted in this regard had been considered favourably in favour of the P.As. Thus, the dress was considered to be decent. While so, insisting that sari alone was a decent dress could not be considered the correct decision. Absolutely, there was no rhyme or reason for it. It was nothing but irrational. No rule or regulation was cited to show that woman-internees should wear only saris. Even the prospectus did not reveal any such dress code. Salwar kameez/churidar with dupatta covered the entire body. By no stretch of the imagination could it be considered as a dress which could not be permitted in the college, the Judge said.
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