Explain nod to ‘unfit’ colleges: HC to Indian Nursing Council

Explain nod to ‘unfit’ colleges: HC to Indian Nursing Council 

TIMES NEWS NETWORK 06.04.2025

Bhopal/Jabalpur : The MP high court has asked the Indian Nursing Council (INC) to explain how nursing colleges deemed "unfit" by the CBI managed to secure recognition, and who was responsible for granting it. 

Some of these colleges, also recognised by the MP Nursing Registration Council (MPNRC) and the MP Medical Education University, Jabalpur, were similarly found lacking by the CBI, the court said. A division bench of Justice Sanjay Dwivedi and Justice AK Paliwal on Friday directed the INC to produce all documents related to the recognition of nursing colleges between 2018 and 2022. 

The court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging that a large number of "fake" nursing colleges are operating in the state, particularly in tribal regions that lack adequate infrastructure and trained staff. Some students moved an application stating that they are not being given enrolment numbers. The court asked for a list of such students. The court rejected an application moved by the petitioner seeking a probe into the quantum of money spent by the state govt in contesting the case in the high court. The court said the MP Nursing Registration Council and MP Medical Education University are autonomous institutions and they are entitled to hire a lawyer to present their side in the court. 

In the previous hearing of the case on March 30, the state govt presented the original file regarding recognition and affiliation given to 'fake' nursing colleges across the state by state agencies like MPNRC and MP Medical Education University before the court. Law Students' Union president Vishal Baghel, filed a PIL raising the issue of a large number of “fake” nursing colleges operating in the state, particularly in the tribal areas, without the requisite infrastructure or manpower to run the courses. TNN

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 Din Updated on:  03 ஏப்ரல் 2025, 6:15 am 

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மனிதத் திறன்கள் எல்லையற்றதாக விரிவடைய, உலகைத் தலைகீழாகப் புரட்டிப்போட முந்தியடித்து வருகின்றன தொழில்நுட்பங்கள். உற்பத்தி மாற்றங்களால் நிரம்பிய சிறப்பான தொழில்துறை புரட்சியின் காலகட்டம் இது.

சிலா் செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவை மனித இனத்தின் பேரழிவாகவே அச்சத்துடன் பாா்க்கின்றனா். ஆனால், உண்மையில் நாம் செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவுக் கருவிகளை உற்ற நண்பனாக ஏற்க வேண்டிய காலகட்டத்துக்கு வந்துவிட்டோம். அச்சம், மனித இனத்தைப் பாதுகாத்ததாக வரலாறே இல்லை. முற்றிலும் மாறுபட்ட கருத்துகள் மற்றும் சிந்தனைகளே நம்மை மேம்படுத்தி உள்ளன.

அழிவுச் சக்திகளை ஆக்க சக்திகளாக தடம் மாற்றி, தங்களுடைய வென்றெடுக்கும் வல்லமையை நிலைநாட்டி, அச்சங்களை துச்சமென சாதனைகளாக விட்டுச் சென்றவா்கள் தாம் முன்னோா். எதிா்காலத்தை எதிா்கொள்ள துணிச்சல் மட்டுமே துணையாக இருப்பது போதாது. காலங்காலமாக கூா்தீட்டப்பட்ட புத்திசாலித்தனமும் கைகோக்க வேண்டும். அச்சத்துக்கு எதிரான மனநிலை வேண்டுமெனில், இந்தக் கூட்டணிதான் சிறந்த வழிகாட்டி. ‘அச்சம் தவிா்’ என்பது இயற்கை நுண்ணறிவுக்கு மட்டுமல்ல, செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவுக்கும் சாலப் பொருந்தும்.

மனிதகுலத்தை முன்னோக்கி நகா்த்திச் செல்லும் ஒரு மாயாஜால வித்தைதான், இந்த அணுகுமுறை மற்றும் செயல்பாடு.

நுண்மாண் நுழைபுலம் அதிகம் படைத்தோா் எதிரிகளை உருவாக்குவதில்லை. எதிரிகள் உருவானாலும் அவா்களைத் தங்கள் வசமாக்கிக் கொள்வா்.

செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவு மற்றும் அதன் கருவிகள், அமைப்புகள் ஆகியவற்றில் ஆரோக்கியமான ஒத்துழைப்பை ஏற்படுத்தினால், உலகளாவிய சிக்கல்களை எல்லாம் புத்திசாலித்தனமான முறையில் சமாளிக்கலாம்.

செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவு மிகப் பெரிய தரவுகளை அழகாகத் தொகுத்து, குறிப்பிட்ட மாதிரிகளைக் கண்டுபிடித்துத் தரும் திறனுள்ளது. மீண்டும்மீண்டும் செய்ய வேண்டிய பணிகளைச் செய்ய இது மனிதா்களுக்கு உதவும். ஆனால், மனிதா்கள் மட்டுமே நல்ல படைப்பாற்றல் கொண்டவா்களாக உள்ளனா். நுண்ணறிவு, நீதிசாா் சிந்தனை, உணா்ச்சி போன்ற முக்கியமான அம்சங்களைக் கொண்டுள்ளனா்.

மனித அறிவு, செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவு ஆகிய இரண்டையும் ஒருங்கிணைத்தால் பூமியில் இதுவரை காணாத புதிய பரிமாணங்கள் மற்றும் இதுவரை கண்டிராத அதிசயங்களைக் காணலாம். நாமே உருவாக்கலாம்.

ஆனால், மனித இனமானாலும், செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவானாலும் தனித்து செயல்பட்டால் எல்லாம் பாழாகிவிடும். இரண்டும் இணைந்துவிட்டால் உலகின் முக்கிய பிரச்னைகளான காலநிலை மாற்றம், சுகாதாரம், உணவுப் பாதுகாப்பு, கல்வி, தரவுப் பகுப்பாய்வு, அளவுரு மேம்பாடு போன்றவற்றுக்கு புதுமையான தீா்வுகளை உருவாக்கலாம். இயற்கைப் பேரழிவுகளை முன்கூட்டியே கணிக்க இயலும்.

மனிதா்களின் திறன்களை அதிகரிக்கும் செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவு, மனிதா்கள் வேகமாக செயல்பட உதவக்கூடிய ஒரு கருவியாக இருக்கவேண்டும். செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவின் மூலம் ஆற்றல் பயன்பாட்டைச் செயல்திறன் மிகுந்தாக மாற்றலாம். மருந்துகளின் கண்டுபிடிப்பை வேகமாக்கலாம்; மருத்துவப் பரிசோதனைகளை மேம்படுத்தலாம். தனிப்பட்ட கல்வி முறைகளை மேம்படுத்தலாம். கலைஞா்கள், எழுத்தாளா்களுக்கு புதிய கருவிகளாக செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவு உதவலாம்.

அதன்மூலம், தொழில் வளா்ச்சி, சமூக முன்னேற்றம் ஏற்படும். மானுட வளம் மேம்படும். தொடா் மீளமைப்பு வேலைகளைச் செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவு மேற்கொள்வதால், மனிதா்கள் வேறு உயா்தரப் பணிகளில் கவனம் செலுத்தலாம்.

கைப்பேசி, இணையம், கணினி தொழில்நுட்பங்களைச் சந்தையில் குறைந்த விலையில் வாங்கி தரமான வாழ்க்கையை மேம்படுத்திக் கொண்ட நாம், செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவைப் பாா்த்து அச்சப்படத் தேவையில்லை.

செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவுடன் எவ்வாறு ஒத்துழைப்பை ஏற்படுத்துவது?

செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவின் உள்ளீடுகளான குறுங்கணிதங்களை (அல்காரிதம்ஸ்) பாகுபாடின்றி வடிவமைக்க வேண்டும். எதிா்பாராத விளைவுகளைத் தவிா்க்க, அறம்சாா்ந்த அடிப்படை விதிகளை செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவில் முறையாக இணைக்க வேண்டும். செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவுடன் இணைந்து வேலை செய்ய மனிதா்களுக்குப் பயிற்சி அளிக்க வேண்டும். அடிப்படை அறிவு, விமா்சன சிந்தனை மற்றும் நெகிழ்வுத் திறன் கொண்ட கல்வி அவசியம். செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவை மனிதா்களுக்குத் துணை செய்யும் கருவியாகப் பாா்க்க வேண்டும்.

வேலைவாய்ப்புகளைக் குறைக்கும் ஓா் ஆபத்தாக செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவை நாம் கருதத் தேவையில்லை. மனிதா்களின் திறன்களை உயா்த்தும் ஒரு கருவியாக செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவைப் பாா்க்க வேண்டும். ஒவ்வொரு முறையும் புதிய தொழில்நுட்பங்கள் வரும்போது வேலையிழப்பு ஏற்படுவது இயல்புதானே? எனவே, செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவை எப்படி எதிா்கொள்வது என்றுதான் நாம் சிந்திக்க வேண்டும்.

செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவு தன்னியல்பாக ஆபத்தானதில்லை. அது எப்படி வடிவமைக்கப்படுகிறது, பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது, நிா்வகிக்கப்படுகிறது என்பதன் அடிப்படையிலேயே அதன் தாக்கம் அமைகிறது.

நாம் செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவை நண்பனாகக் கருதினால், உலகளாவிய பல்வேறு பிரச்னைகளை தீா்க்கலாம். மனித திறன்களை அதிகரிக்கலாம். சமத்துவமான, வளமான எதிா்காலத்தை உருவாக்கலாம்.

மனிதா்கள், செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவு ஆகிய இரண்டும் இணைந்து செயல்பட்டால், நம்பமுடியாத செயல்பாடுகளை எதிா்காலத்தில் நாம் மேற்கொள்ள முடியும்.

HC issues notice on plea against extended MBBS internship TNN

 HC issues notice on plea against extended MBBS internship TNN

Apr 2, 2025, 16:50 IST

HC issues notice on plea against extended MBBS internship Bhopal/Jabalpur: The MP high court has issued notices to respondents in a petition challenging the extension of the MBBS internship period by a year. Petitioner Dr Narayan Raguvanshi from Vidisha, who completed his MBBS from China, argued that the sudden rule change was unjust. He had enroled in a Chinese medical college, but returned to India when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, completing his course through online classes. In the event of somebody obtaining an MBBS degree from abroad, one year of internship in a medical college of the state is compulsory for registration. During Covid outbreak, it was increased to two years but four months before completion of his internship, the period of internship was raised by another year. Arguing the case of the petitioner before a bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf, senior counsel Aditya Sanghi said rules of a game were not changed after the same had started. When the term of internship was two years when he started the internship course, Sanghi said, it should remain two year. It can't be extended by a year midway, he added. He further said the period of internship was increased to three years only in MP, everywhere else in the country it is two years.

Google Keep may get updates soon: These are the two most interesting changes

Google Keep may get updates soon: 

These are the two most interesting changes

Google Keep may soon introduce a revamped toolbar and cleaner image previews, according to an APK teardown, aiming to modernize the app’s user interface.

AGENCIAS

April 3, 2025 Updated: April 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM

Google Keep, the simple yet powerful note-taking app, may be about to receive a fresh coat of paint in its upcoming versions. According to an APK teardown presented by Android Authority, two major changes stand out: a redesigned toolbar and a new way of displaying image attachments. While these updates aren’t available yet, they could arrive in a future release.

A cleaner, more dynamic toolbar is coming One of the main visual changes spotted is a revamped toolbar with larger, more prominent icons for key actions like attaching files, formatting text, and changing the background color. The icons appear with rounded backgrounds that adapt to the device’s theme, bringing a more modern and consistent look. Subheading formats such as H1 and H2 will also become slightly smaller, likely to improve overall readability.

Image attachments may finally look better In its current version, when a user adds an image to a note, it spans the entire width of the screen, often feeling visually intrusive. The previewed design changes that by introducing margins on both sides of the image, giving it rounded corners and a cleaner, more elegant appearance. This subtle tweak could significantly improve the app’s visual balance, especially for users who frequently include photos in their notes.

These updates follow Google Keep’s recent enhancements like floating action buttons and a shortcut for audio notes. While the redesign isn’t live yet, all signs suggest Google is preparing a more refined and user-friendly experience for its loyal note-takers.

SC: State can't decide on rural stints for doctors from outside

SC: State can't decide on rural stints for doctors from outside 

The Supreme Court criticized the Uttarakhand government's 2009 policy requiring non-state students in MBBS courses to serve in remote areas or pay Rs 30 lakh. The court emphasized that this policy should be a uniform decision by the Union government, citing challenges faced by students from other states in serving in inaccessible regions.

Dhananjay.MahapatraTNN

Apr 3, 2025, 5:25 IST

Supreme Court NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday faulted Uttarakhand govt's 2009 policy mandating non-state students admitted to MBBS courses in its medical colleges under the 15% all-India quota (AIQ) to either serve in remote areas for five years or pay Rs 30 lakh in addition to steep annual fees. "What is the use of asking a student from Tamil Nadu, who gets admission into an MBBS course in a govt medical college in Uttarakhand based on his all-India rank and primarily taught medicine in English, to serve in inaccessible areas of the state?" asked a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh. "Will he be able to interact with patients in remote villages and inaccessible areas and treat them? It is a laudable concept for inter-state exchange of civil servants and other subject experts.

However, a state cannot decide rural service for non-state all-India quota students, doing MBBS from the govt college within its territory. It requires a uniform policy decision, for which the Union govt is the competent authority," the bench said. As per the 2009 policy decision of the Uttarakhand govt, an AIQ student was required to sign a bond for Rs 30 lakh promising to serve in rural areas for five years on completing an MBBS course from its medical college. It also stipulated that if an AIQ student opted out of mandatory rural service in the state, then he would have to pay an annual fee of Rs 2.2 lakh instead of Rs 15,000.

"Justice Hurried Is Justice Buried": Madras High Court Upholds Order Quashing Disciplinary Proceeding Conducted Within Two Weeks

"Justice Hurried Is Justice Buried": Madras High Court Upholds Order Quashing Disciplinary Proceeding Conducted Within Two Weeks

Upasana Sajeev

2 Apr 2025 6:43 PM

The Madras High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the General Manager & Reviewing Authority of the Canara Bank against an order of the single judge quashing the disciplinary proceedings against an employee.

The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice P Vadamalai noted that while disciplinary proceedings usually take a few months to conclude, the disciplinary proceedings in the present case were concluded within two weeks. The court thus said that the committee had shown undue hate for bringing the enquiry to a closure.

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“We take judicial notice of the fact that disciplinary proceedings of this nature would normally take at least a few months to conclude. 'Justice hurried is justice buried' is a well known adage. It is inconceivable that the entire proceedings could have been concluded in a fair manner within a period of two weeks,” the court said.

The court remarked that disciplinary proceedings are not like a bullet train journey and should be conducted in a manner with a possibility of “two roads diverging in the yellow woods”. While the court noted that the proceedings need not be slow, it had to be carried on with a reasonable speed. The court added that the proceedings should be permeated with fairness and the end result should not be premeditated.

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“A disciplinary proceeding should not resemble a point to point bullet train journey. A charge memo need not necessarily culminate in punishment. The delinquent employee stands the chance of being exonerated also. The proceeding should therefore be conducted in a manner that is pregnant with the possibility of “two roads diverging in the yellow woods”. There must be halting stations. And the halts should be meaningful and not for the sake of it. The process need not be necessarily slow. It can very well be carried on with reasonable speed and despatch. The Judge carrying out the task of judicial review must get the feeling that the entire process was permeated with fairness and that the end result was not predetermined,” the court said.

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The court was hearing the appeal filed by the management against the order of the single judge setting aside the order passed by the disciplinary authority against the authority. The allegation against the employee was that while working as the Branch Manager of Canara Bank from 2007 to 2009, he had sanctioned a large number of loans in favour of self-help groups. He was later transferred in 2009. A charge memo was issued in 2012 containing seven articles of charge.

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The court noted that though the employee was called on to offer his explanation within 15 days, the enquiry commenced without waiting for his reply and was completed within 2 days. The enquiry officer also submitted that report within a few days and the employee's representation was also obtained on the same day. The disciplinary authority passed an order after 4 days agreeing with the finding of the enquiry officer and imposing a punishment of dismissal from service.

The management argued that the in-house investigation reports clearly revealed that the employee, as a sanctioning authority, did not adhere to the procedure laid down in the bank norms and due to the improper, irregular, and fraudulent loan disbursement, the bank suffered huge financial loss. Thus, it was argued that the bank was justified in imposing the punishment. Challenging the order of the single judge, the bank management argued that the writ court could not assume the function of a fact finder or decide the quantum of punishment to be awarded.

The court noted that though procedure was followed, there was undue haste. The court noted that the employee was given only 15 days to offer his explanation and the enquiry commenced even without waiting for his reply. The court also noted that the enquiry officer had marked 96 documents and examined 17 witnesses within 2 days. Further, the court also noted that the enquiry report was furnished to the delinquent even before submitting it to the disciplinary authority. Thus, the court deemed the entire exercise to be “whirlwind proceedings”.

From the entire sequence of events, the court also suggested that the employee seemed to have been given an assurance that he would be let off lightly if he cooperated, as no employee would otherwise willingly participate in the proceedings without submitting his defence statement. The court held that the employee was led like a lamb to be mercilessly slaughtered. The court concluded that the process was not fair and an interference was justified.

“When it comes to adherence to principles of procedural fairness, we would expect the employer to be an exemplar. They cannot take advantage of the acquiescence on the part of the employee. By no stretch of imagination can the process that had taken place in this case held to be fair. On this sole ground, interference is justified,” the court said.

The court also noted that the order of the disciplinary authority and the appellate authority did not detail the defences taken by the employee. The court thus agreed with the single judge that the orders were non-speaking ones. Considering all the facts, the court found no reason to interfere with the order of the single judge and dismissed the appeal.

Counsel for Petitioner: Mr. N. Dilip Kumar

Counsel for Respondents: Mr. M.E.Ilango

Case Title: The General Manager and Others v. SV. Mothilal

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 126

Case No: WA(MD)No.932 of 2021

One-Year LLM Program Approved By UGC, Valid For Getting Appointment In Public Departments Or Universities: Madras High Court

One-Year LLM Program Approved By UGC, Valid For Getting Appointment In Public Departments Or Universities: Madras High Court

Upasana Sajeev

3 Apr 2025 7:15 PM

The Madras High Court recently observed that that the one-year LLM programme was approved by the UGC and could not be held to be invalid for getting appointed into public departments or Universities. The court thus asked the Teachers Recruitment Board to include the name of a woman whose name was withheld merely because she had done a one-year LLM course.

Justice RN Manjula observed that the notification for appointment did not prescribe that one of the requirements for the appointment was only a two-year LLM degree. The court observed that while the employer could demand the educational requirement for a post, the qualification contemplated could not be arbitrary and bring in discrimination between similar courses.

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“Even though the employer is a rightful person who should demand the educational requirement for a post to be filled up in this regard, the qualification contemplated by the employer shall not make any arbitrary discrimination between equivalent and similar course without any valid basis,” the court said.

The court was hearing a petition was filed by Sangeetha Sriraam challenging the provisional selection list of candidates published by the Teachers Recruitment Board and to direct the Board to appoint her to the post of Assistant Professor against the vacancy in Human Rights Department.

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The petitioner informed the court that she had applied to the post of “Assistant Professor” (Human Rights) when the notification was issued by the Board. She submitted that she had attended the written examination and topped it by obtaining 133 marks out of 175 and got a call letter from the Board for attending the interview. Following this she attended the interview. However, when the provisional selection of candidates was published, her name was not on the list and the candidates who had obtained lesser marks than the petitioner found place in the selection list.

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The petitioner argued that even if the other candidates had obtained full marks, she could not have been excluded from the selection list. She also submitted that if her interview marks were clubbed with her written examination mark, she would be ahead of the selected candidates.

Opposing the plea, the State argued that the petitioner's candidature could not be considered as she had qualified in LLM degree by doing one year LLM Programme while the degree required for appointment was two year LLM Programme.

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The court, however, noted that the above requirement was informed to the petitioner only through the counter and not anytime before. The court also noted that as per the rules in the notification, the requirement regarding Master's Degree was 55% of mark or an equivalent grade in the point scale wherever the grade system is followed in a concerned/relevant/allied subject from an Indian University or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign University. The court thus noted that the notification did not specify the two-year LLM requirements.

The court noted that through an earlier order, the court had held that one one-year LLM programme recognised by the UGC was accepted for the purpose of admission to PHD. The court added that when the same was allowed, there was no reason to reject the one-year LLM degree for the purpose of appointment.

“As stated already one year LLM Programme has been approved by UGC and that has been accepted as qualification to get enrolled in Ph.D. programme in Tamil Nadu Dr.Ambedkar Law University itself. It is needless to state that the University in which the petitioner had done her one year LLM course is one of the most reputed Law School in the country and it is needless to state that one year LLM course would have also included the research aspect as well. Under such circumstances, no invalidation can be attached to one year LLM degree for the purpose of getting appointment in the public departments or Universities,” the court said.

Thus, noting that the petitioner had proved her eligibility by securing first rank in written examination and that the authorities ought to have considered her candidature, the court directed the Board to include her name in the selection list and to release her appointment order.

Counsel for Petitioner: Mr. M. Nirmalkumar

Counsel for Respondents: Mr. R. Neelakandan Additional Advocate General Assisted by Mr. R. Siddharath Standing Counsel for TRB, Mr. V. Umakanth, Mr. P. R. Gopinathan

Case Title: Dr. Sangeetha Sriraam v. The Teachers Recruitment Board and Others

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 128

Case No: W.P.No.15473 of 2019