HC stays official’s transfer for daughter’s exam

HC stays official’s transfer for daughter’s exam

Bhopal:  25.10.2021

Madhya Pradesh high court has stayed the transfer of a food safety officer on the ground that her daughter has to appear in her Class X board exam. The court allowed her to join her new posting after the session ended.

The petitioner, Sandhya Marco, was transferred from Balaghat to Dindori, over 200km apart, on August 23, 2021. She moved HC, pleading that her transfer be stayed as her daughter’s studies would be affected ahead of her board exams. She said she had applied to the higher authorities of her department for a stay on her transfer, but no decision had been taken yet. She also pointed out that no one has been posted in her place at Balaghat, and pleaded to be allowed to continue in the post till her daughter’s exams. Justice Vishal Mishra granted her prayer and asked Marco to give an undertaking that she would join her new posting after the end of this academic session. TNN

HC: Divorced parents equally responsible for child’s edu expenses

HC: Divorced parents equally responsible for child’s edu expenses

Vaibhav.Ganjapure@timesgroup.com

Nagpur:25.10.2021

Both parents should be equally responsible for taking care of their children’s education expenses, ruled the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court after an 18-year-old approached it, as he was finding it difficult to pay fees at IIT Dhanbad, where he secured admission in the mechanical branch.

Dismissing the father’s contention that he is unable to raise the maintenance amount, as he has to look after his old mother, divorced sister and her daughter, the bench also held that “children must be the first priority of a parent in the matter of maintenance”.

“Before the petitioner’s birth in 2001, his parents had separated and he has been residing with mother. Both of his parents are serving as teachers, each earning a salary of over ₹48,000. It is, therefore, apparent that both are equally responsible to share maintenance as well as education expenses of their son,” a division bench comprising Justice Atul Chandurkar and Justice GN Sanap said.

“Even if it is assumed that there are some other persons dependent on the father, the child must be his first priority in the matter of maintenance. If he fails to share the maintenance and expenses, then the mother would be required to bear the unnecessary burden,” the bench added, while asking the father to enhance the monthly maintenance to ₹7,500 from ₹5,000, with effect from October 27, 2015, the date on which the student had filed the petition.

The youngster, a meritorious student scoring 93% in Class X examination, had moved the HC after he was finding it difficult to pay the fees at IIT Dhanbad. Till now, his expenses were shouldered by his mother, while his father used to pay him ₹5,000 a month. The petitioner had prayed for enhancing the maintenance to ₹15,000, so he could pay the college fees.

“Considering the fact that both parents are in service and having their own maintenance and responsibilities, the reasonable amount of maintenance is required to be quantified. As far as the education expenses are concerned, both parents shall share it equally. Both must devise a mechanism to obtain the statement of the education expenses and share the same,” the bench said.

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1st yr engineering classes from today

1st yr engineering classes from today

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:24.10.2021

More than 400 engineering colleges in the state will begin classes for more than 95,000 students, who have joined through engineering counselling, from Monday.

Anna University's College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras Institute of Technology and Alagappa College of Technology have released the time slots for enrolling the students from Monday. These campuses will conduct campus tours, counselling and games during the induction programme this year.

As per the academic schedule, the induction programme will be conducted in physical mode at the university while the theory classes will be conducted in online mode. The semester for university departments will begin with an induction programme on November 1 and end on March 1.

Most of the colleges have planned physical induction programmes for the students.

DME to issue applications from today

DME to issue applications from today

25/10/2021

Special CorrespondentCHENNAI

The Directorate of Medical Education (DME) will start issuing applications for 21 allied sciences undergraduate programmes from 10 a.m. on Monday.

They include nursing, pharmacy, speech and learning programme, ophthalmology, physiotherapy, critical care technology, clinical nutrition, accident and emergency technology, cardiac technology and respiratory therapy among others, a release said.

Candidates may download the applications from www.tnhealth.tn.gov,in and tnmedicalselection.org.

The last date to download the applications is November 8 and the last date to submit the filled application forms is November 10.

KMCH opens 750-bed Medical College General Hospital

KMCH opens 750-bed Medical College General Hospital

25/10/2021

Staff ReporterCoimbatore

Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH) on Sunday opened a 750-bed facility which has been named ‘KMCH Medical College General Hospital’, located adjacent to the main campus on Avinashi Road, Coimbatore.

Thel Hospital will function as a stand-alone hospital, apart from the existing KMCH Main Centre, said a release.

Chairman and Managing Director of KMCH Nalla G. Palaniswami inaugurated the hospital.

The release said KMCH had established a medical college in the name of ‘KMCH Institute of Health Sciences and Research’ in 2019. Affiliated to Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, the college has the capacity to accommodate 150 students a year. The 750-bed hospital has been inaugurated on the campus of the medical college.

The infrastructure facilities include 750 general beds, 50 ICU beds, 30 emergency beds, 11 operation theatres and medical equipment such as CT scan, MRI, catheterisation laboratory, ultra sound scan and digital X-ray.

The hospital will offer round-the-clock healthcare services and it has a separate entrance accessible from Avanashi Road, said the release.

37-foot tall Hanuman statue installed at Melur

37-foot tall Hanuman statue installed at Melur

25/10/2021

Special Correspondent Tiruchi

A 37-foot statue of Hanuman, one of the tallest statues for the deity in the State, was installed on the banks of the Kollidam river at Melur in Srirangam on Sunday.

The statue has been installed on a two-acre premises owned by the Srirangam-based Sanjeevana Anjaneyar Swamy Trust. A large number of devotees from across the State witnessed the installation ceremony.

The statue was sculpted at Thirumurugan Poondi near Tirupur. A team of sculptors led by Muthu and Ilayaraja worked for more than two years to chisel the 120 tonne statue out of a single rock.

R. Vasudevan, Managing Trusty of the Sanjeevana Anjaneyar Swamy Trust, said that it had cost ₹40 lakh to erect it. A strong pedestal had been built in commensurate with the weight of the statue. The statue was brought on a customised trailer having 46 wheels about a few weeks ago. Though there were no major hurdles in transporting it till Srirangam, it took a few days to reach Melur due to the narrow approach road.

Plea in HC to allow use of first letter of mother’s name as initial

Plea in HC to allow use of first letter of mother’s name as initial

School insists on first letter of father’s name as initial

25/10/2021

The petitioner says her daughter preferred the first letter of her mother’s name as the initial.

Staff Reporter MADURAI

A woman from Karur district moved the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday seeking relief after the authorities of the government school where her daughter was studying had insisted that they should provide the first letter of the father’s name as initial of the girl, despite the fact that all government records carried the first letter of the mother’s name as initial.

The petitioner, M. Pothumponnu of Kadavur taluk in Karur district, said her daughter P. Kaviya was studying in class IX in Kadavur Government High School.

The petitioner said her husband had deserted the family and she was living with her parents. She was taking care of the family and the educational expenses of her daughter.

She said at the time of school admission itself she had provided the first letter of her name as the initial to her daughter and all government records, including Aadhaar card, carried the same.

She said her daughter preferred the first letter of her mother’s name as the initial and not that of her father’s name.

Under these circumstances, her daughter applied for a scholarship examination. But, the school authorities advised her to provide the first letter of her father’s name as initial. She said the authorities had told her that the issue would be raised at the time of class X public examination too.

Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy sought a response from the State. The court adjourned the hearing till October