SC allows Tamil Nadu deemed university to keep fee at Rs 22 lakh
TNN | Jun 26, 2018, 01.37 AM IST
CHENNAI: Days after the Madras high court issued an interim order fixing fees for MBBS courses in deemed universities of the state at Rs 13 lakh, the Supreme Court has allowed Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute to charge the fee it levied in 2017 (Rs 22 lakh) until the UGC fee committee finalises the fee structure. This would mean students will have to pay Rs 50 lakh more for the course. Other deemed universities have also moved to court for similar orders.
Earlier this month, the HC had asked the fee committee constituted by the University Grants Commission to make an in-depth study and recommend the fees to be collected by deemed universities for MBBS. It directed the UGC to form the committee by June 30 and file a report within six weeks. As the admission process had begun, the students may now be admitted subject to payment of Rs 13 lakh but will have to pay the balance if the sum fixed by the fee committee is higher, it said.
‘Would be unfair to students if they don’t know actual fees’
Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute moved the Supreme court and a vacation bench of Justice S Abdul Nazeer and Justice Indu Malhotra allowed it to charge the previous year’s fees for the current academic year from students being admitted to MBBS courses in 2018. “This will, however, be subject to the fees,which may be fixed by the Fee Fixation Committee as directed by the high court in the impugned order,” it said.
TNN | Jun 26, 2018, 01.37 AM IST
CHENNAI: Days after the Madras high court issued an interim order fixing fees for MBBS courses in deemed universities of the state at Rs 13 lakh, the Supreme Court has allowed Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute to charge the fee it levied in 2017 (Rs 22 lakh) until the UGC fee committee finalises the fee structure. This would mean students will have to pay Rs 50 lakh more for the course. Other deemed universities have also moved to court for similar orders.
Earlier this month, the HC had asked the fee committee constituted by the University Grants Commission to make an in-depth study and recommend the fees to be collected by deemed universities for MBBS. It directed the UGC to form the committee by June 30 and file a report within six weeks. As the admission process had begun, the students may now be admitted subject to payment of Rs 13 lakh but will have to pay the balance if the sum fixed by the fee committee is higher, it said.
‘Would be unfair to students if they don’t know actual fees’
Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute moved the Supreme court and a vacation bench of Justice S Abdul Nazeer and Justice Indu Malhotra allowed it to charge the previous year’s fees for the current academic year from students being admitted to MBBS courses in 2018. “This will, however, be subject to the fees,which may be fixed by the Fee Fixation Committee as directed by the high court in the impugned order,” it said.
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