Petition in HC challenges MUHS exam on June 10

Petition in HC challenges MUHS exam on June 10

Nagpur Bench to pass order today

05/06/2021

Special CorrespondentMumbai

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on Friday said it will pass an order on Saturday in a plea challenging the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences’ (MUHS) decision to conduct physical exams for medical students on June 10.

A single judge Bench of Justice Avinash Gharote was hearing a plea filed by the NGO Herd Foundation and Nitesh Tantarpale, a student, challenging the decision and the direction to sign an undertaking that the State would not be held responsible if students contract COVID-19 while appearing for the exam.

Defending MUHS’s stand, advocate Abhijit Deshpande said, “Two phases of Winter 2020 have been conducted and the third one will begin on June 10. All question papers have been dispatched.”

Advocate Rahul Bhangde, appearing for the petitioners, said that those who had appeared for exams in the first two phases were fully vaccinated, but the 45,000 students who will appear for the exam on June 10 must be vaccinated.

The court said, “So should everything in the country stop till everyone is vaccinated? Let the student get tested before he gets out of the house. Today, even those who are 45 years and above are not getting vaccines, how can students be bypassed? Getting infected is a risk all of us carry.”