Indian Nursing Council allowed to publish list of recognised colleges
In interim order, Division Bench of High Court stays part of previous order
A Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court on Monday permitted the Indian Nursing Council (INC) to publish on its website a list of nursing institutions recognised by it.
The Bench, comprising Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee and Justice P.S. Dinesh Kumar, passed the interim order while staying a portion of a Single Judge Bench’s order on July 24 restraining the INC. The Division Bench also said it was open to the Karnataka State Nursing Council publishing a list of nursing institutions it recognises.
However, the Bench declined to stay, at this stage, the finding of the single judge that the INC had no power to accord recognition to colleges to impart education in nursing courses and was only empowered to prescribe qualification and syllabus.
The Bench passed the order after a preliminary hearing of appeals filed by some nursing colleges and the nursing council.
Earlier, the counsel for INC contended that the council had the power to regulate nursing institutions and pointed out that the INC has been barred from publishing a list of recognised institutions across the country because of the July 24 order.
Opposition
Meanwhile, Karnataka State Association of the Management of Nursing and Allied Health Science Institutions and some nursing institutes opposed the INC’s request as around 250 colleges not found on the INC list will not get any students as only 18 institutes were on the INC website prior to the July 24 order.
The INC’s power to grant recognition became an issue after the State government, on December 14, 2016, issued a notification citing a 2005 judgment and clarifying that the power to grant recognition, impart training in nursing, and fix intake rested with the State government, the Karnataka State Nursing Council, and the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, not the INC. The State insisted on INC recognition prior to this.
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