West Bengal: Students seek stay on MBBS exams
TNN | Jul 13, 2020, 04.58 AM IST
By: Subrata Chattaraj
KOLKATA: A section of MBBS students from West Bengal University of Health Sciences has filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court against conducting the second professional MBBS and third professional Part I MBBS examinations from July 14 to 21, seeking a stay due to the Covid-19 situation.
The students pleaded that in the absence of public transport, they would not be able to appear for the exams. The case is likely to be heard by the HC on Monday, said Firdous Shamim, lawyer for the aggrieved students.
Shamim said that the MBBS students lived in different parts of Bengal and some were from outside the state. So it would be difficult for them to commute while Covid-19 cases rose. Moreover, there was no regular train or bus service. He added that state higher education department, too, had asked to keep all institutes closed till July 31.
Gopa Biswas, one of the lawyers appearing with Bikash Bhattacharya for the MBBS students, wrote to the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court that many students lived in containment zones and moving out will be a health hazard for them.
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