Alka Verma –
Published On: September 20, 2021 at 11:00 IST
The Delhi High Court stated that it is high time to stop the ‘backdoor’ entries in educational institutions.
The High Court observed hat the children work really hard to get a seat in college and it is really unfair to them if they are denied admissions because of such malpractices.
A Bench comprising Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh stated, “It is high time that such backdoor entries in educational institutions, including Medical Colleges, should stop. Lakhs of students all over the country work hard and toil to secure admissions to educational institutions on the basis of their merit.”
The Court made such remarks while it was dealing with an Appeal filed by 5 students.
Those 5 students were granted admission by L.N. Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Bhopal in 2016.
It should be noted here that those 5 students never went for centralised counselling which is conducted by the Department of Medical Education (DME) and is also necessary for seeking admission in any medical college as per the provided guidelines of the Supreme Court.
Earlier, the Medical Council of India (MCI) had issued a letter to the college for discharging these students.
Meanwhile, continuing as regular students of the college, the 5 students moved to the High Court against the issued letter.
In the Appeal, they pleaded for directions to let them continue their studies in the college as a regular student.
The High Court dismissed their Appeal stating that, “The petitioners (students) have only themselves to blame for the mess that they find themselves in.”
The Court also stated that even when the letter was issued they kept continuing their college as regular students at their own peril.
The High Court also bashed the medical college after observing that they didn’t inform DME about the vacant seats and granted the admissions at their own will.
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