MUMBAI: In another setback to the Maharashtra government, the Supreme Court has dismissed its review petition against an order passed on September 2 last year. The apex court had ordered the state to pay a compensation of Rs 20 lakh each to 22 meritorious medical aspirants who were denied seats in private medical colleges during the admission process in 2012.
The government had failed to initiate action against the colleges that indulged in malpractices during the process. After the order on compensation was passed, the state filed a review petition, which was dismissed on February 12. Parents now plan to file a contempt of court case as the state failed to give them compensation as directed by the court.
The court observed: "We have considered the averments in the review petitions. Having regards to the facts and issues involved, in our opinion, no case for review is made out. There is no error apparent on the face of record. Hence the review petitions are dismissed". On September 2, 2014, the SC ruled that students cannot be given admissions due to the long lapse of time but the petitioners are certainly entitled to public law damages. The state was directed to pay the amount within a period of four weeks from the day of the order. It also observed that the state should identify the officers who are responsible and take appropriate action, including recovering the amount from them. Though the students had only demanded seats in their petition, the court took suo motu decision on compensating them for the loss of opportunity.
The government had failed to initiate action against the colleges that indulged in malpractices during the process. After the order on compensation was passed, the state filed a review petition, which was dismissed on February 12. Parents now plan to file a contempt of court case as the state failed to give them compensation as directed by the court.
The court observed: "We have considered the averments in the review petitions. Having regards to the facts and issues involved, in our opinion, no case for review is made out. There is no error apparent on the face of record. Hence the review petitions are dismissed". On September 2, 2014, the SC ruled that students cannot be given admissions due to the long lapse of time but the petitioners are certainly entitled to public law damages. The state was directed to pay the amount within a period of four weeks from the day of the order. It also observed that the state should identify the officers who are responsible and take appropriate action, including recovering the amount from them. Though the students had only demanded seats in their petition, the court took suo motu decision on compensating them for the loss of opportunity.
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