HC quashes MCI’s order discharging 72 MBBS students

THE STUDENTS OF LUCKNOW’S INTEGRAL UNIVERSITY WERE DISCHARGED ON THE GROUND THAT THEY HAD NOT OBTAINED MINIMUM 50% MARKS IN THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

LUCKNOW : The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court allowed a writ petition filed by students who completed MBBS course at Lucknow’s Integral University and quashed the Medical Council of India’s order passed in November 2014 discharging 72 students from their course.

The students were discharged on the ground that they had not obtained minimum 50% marks in the entrance examination. Petitioners Madhulika Tewari and others challenged the MCI’s order of November 28, 2014, by which they were discharged from MBBS course in academic session 2013-14.

Senior advocate SK Kalia, assisted by Vidhu Bhushan Kalia and Rajat Rajan Singh, represented the petitioners in court while senior advocate JN Mathur, assisted by Tanveer Ahmad Siddiqui, represented Integral University.

A single-judge bench of justice Neeraj Tiwari on November 17 observed: “The appellant-petitioner has acquired the entire qualification and it would not be in anybody’s interest to cancel the degree, which is given as a consequence to acquisition of knowledge.”

“The degree obtained by the appellant-petitioner in view of the factual background mentioned above deserves to be made absolute,” added the court.

“There is no dispute on the point that in compliance of interim order dated February 26, 2015 (of Lucknow High Court) , answer books of all 72 students, including petitioners, have been evaluated,” said the court.

“They (students) have fulfilled the minimum criteria of 50% marks in entrance examination as required under the provisions of ‘Regulations, 1997’ coupled with the fact that they have completed their degree of MBBS course and also registered in UP Medical Council, Lucknow,” added the court.