Madras high court grants advance bail to Dr Ambedkar Law University’s ex-VC 

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Published Apr 14, 2018, 2:38 am IST

The FIR and the alleged offences lack prima facie materials to draw any nexus between the evidence collected and annexed by the prosecution. 


Madras high court

Chennai: The Madras high court has granted anticipatory bail to P. Vanangamudi, former vice chancellor of Dr Ambedkar Law University, who apprehended arrest in connection with a case registered against him for allegedly amassing huge wealth by corrupt and fraudulent manner, disproportionate to his known sources of income. Justice, A.D. Jagadish Chandra granted anticipatory bail to Vanangamudi on the condition that he should appear before the Investigation Officer daily at 9 am and 6 pm for a week.

He should surrender his passport if any, the judge added. In his petition, Vanangamudi submitted that he has been fixed by his rivals with an ulterior motive. The entire complaint was a fabled fact and the same was concocted to the core.

The complaint was manifested and the same has been lodged only to harass him. The FIR and the alleged offences lack prima facie materials to draw any nexus between the evidence collected and annexed by the prosecution to show that he has indulged in such activities. The report does not say about the collection of any incriminating materials, it simply narrates the allegations against him and other accused persons, he added.

Display number of attempts by doctors in exams, Medical Council of India directed

By Express News Service | Published: 13th April 2018 05:12 AM |

CHENNAI: The HC has suggested to the Medical Council of India (MCI) to display number of attempts by doctors in examinations in the website and also in the hospital/clinic concerned so that patients would know the doctor’s performance. Justice S Vaidyanathan in support of his observation said some doctors have become commercial brokers having nexus with pharmacists. This court has also come across number of attempts availed of by students undergoing the medical course. Hence, the MCI will have to take a decision and ensure that the number of attempts made by doctors will have to be displayed in the website and also in the hospital/clinic concerned, in order to enable patients to know performance of the doctor as a student, the judge added.

The judge made the observation while dismissing a writ petition from S Srisakthish, a third year student of Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, praying for a directive to the Controller of Examination of the university to issue a fresh marklist by awarding the improved internal assessment marks secured by him in November 2017 examination in Community Medicine as per his representation dated February 15 last.

Tamil Nadu: Senior education officials rapped for not following court orders
By Express News Service | Published: 14th April 2018 06:02 AM |

CHENNAI: Following a directive from Justice N Kirubakaran on Thursday, senior State Education Department officials, including Higher Education Secretary Sunil Paliwal, appeared before the judge on Friday in the matter relating to the appointment of PG teachers by the government.

Hearing the case, Justice Kirubakaran rapped the government officials for not paying heed to the court orders and summoned all five officials, including the Higher Education Secretary and the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Secretary.

The issue relates to an order passed by Justice Kirubakaran in November 2017 on the pleas moved by S Venkatachalam and five others seeking to declare the January 5, 2016, Government Order (GO) that held that the BEd degree course offered by the Vinayaka Missions University, Salem, was not equivalent to the BEd of Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, Chennai.

The judge, in his order, set aside the Government Order and directed the government to issue appointment orders to the petitioners.

HC allows OCI student, if selected, to represent country in Olympiad

Special Correspondent 

 

Bengaluru, April 13, 2018 00:00 IST

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday permitted a 14-year-old student, who is an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder, to participate in the national-level training-cum-selection camp to be held in Mumbai from April 23 for selecting candidates to represent the country in the 23rd International Astronomy Olympiad to be held in Sri Lanka in September.

Justice A.S. Bopanna passed the interim order, which will be subject to a final order, on the petition filed by Mohit Hulse through his father, Narayan Hulse, a resident of Bengaluru.
The court also allowed Mohit to represent India in the Olympiad to be held in Sri Lanka in the event of his selection.

However, it was made clear that the petitioner is not entitled to seek equity in the event the petition is ultimately dismissed at a later stage, and the expenses incurred by the authorities for his training or sponsoring shall also remain subject to the final decision of the court.

The petitioner had questioned the condition imposed for selection — that the participants must be a citizen of India having a valid Indian passport.

Contending that OCI cardholders have been treated on a par with the citizens under the OCI scheme framed under the Citizenship Act since 2009, he claimed that the conditions to possess Indian passport and citizenship is contrary to the OCI scheme of the Union government.

The petitioner is a United Kingdom passport holder by virtue of his birth as his parents, both Indian citizens, were staying in the U.K. due to their vocation, and later returned to India. Mohit has been studying in Bengaluru since first standard, it has been said in the petition.

Mohit is an eighth standard student of Sri Kumaran Public School, off Kanakapura Road, and he is among the 21 students, who were selected for the camp based on their performance in the Indian National Astronomy Olympiad-2018.

Fees for medical and dental seats likely to increase by 10% 

Tanu Kulkarni 
 
Bengaluru, April 14, 2018 00:00 IST


It will apply to government quota and institutional quota seats

Students aspiring for medical and dental seats in the State will have to brace themselves up as fees are likely to be increased by 10% for the 2018-2019 academic year. It will apply to government quota and institutional quota seats.

With this hike, an MBBS seat is likely to cost Rs. 77,000 for the government quota category in private medical colleges. A seat under the institutional quota in private medical colleges may cost Rs. 6.32 lakh.

The fees for postgraduate courses have been increased by 15%.

There has been a steep increase in the fee structure for medical and dental courses since the introduction of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test. Despite this, Karnataka has one of the lowest fee structure for these courses when compared with other States.

M.R. Jayaram, chairman Karnataka Professional Colleges Foundation, said that they were demanding that the fees be increased by 15%. “The State government had already agreed to a 10% hike last year for the coming two years. We want an additional increase, but the State government is not agreeing to our demand,” he said.

Officials in the Medical Education Department said that the logistics of the counselling and modalities of the fee structure was likely to be discussed in the coming fortnight.

Likely fees if hike  
comes into effect

Govt. quota in private medical college: Rs. 77,000


Institutional quota dental seats: Rs. 6.32 lakh


Govt. quota seats in dental colleges: Rs. 49,000


Institutional quota dental seats: Rs. 4.29 lakh

‘Good Samaritan’ Collector 

Special Correspondent 
 
Thoothukudi, April 14, 2018 00:00 IST



Thoothukudi Collector N. Venkatesh with a student who suffered knee dislocation near Ettayapuram on Friday.

A timely help extended by District Collector N. Venkatesh to a 14-year-old school student, ensured medical assistance to the girl who had dislocated her left knee.

When S. Kalaiselvi, a 9th standard student from South Kumareddiyarpuram near Ettaiyapuram, was going to school on her bicycle along with her friends, she accidentally fell. Since the girl dislocated her left knee, she was in excruciating pain.

Mr. Venkatesh who was returning to Thoothukudi from Kovilpatti, saw her. On getting to know about the accident, he carried her to one of the vehicles accompanying him. After taking her to the Ettaiyapuram GH for first-aid, Mr. Venkatesh, alerted the orthopaedic surgeon of the GH at Kovilpatti to receive the patient for further treatment.

‘Personal documents enough for tatkal passports’ 

Staff Reporter 
 
ERODE, April 14, 2018 00:00 IST

Applicants of tatkal passports need not obtain Class 1 officer’s seal of verification as submitting their personnel documents with application is enough.

A press release from Collector S. Prabhakar has said that as per the new rule of the Ministry of External Affairs, the mandatory requirement of Class 1 officer’s recommendation on the application for a passport under the Tatkal scheme in annexure F is not necessary.

Hence, applicants need not approach Collector, Superintendent of Police, District Revenue Officer or Revenue Divisional Officer for recommendation. The applicant can submit his personal documents for obtaining the same, the release added.