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Karnataka HC directs Govt, Nursing Council to consider applications for initiating GNM Courses

Bengaluru: Providing relief to the petitioners who sought to commence Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) courses, the Karnataka High Court recently directed the Karnataka Government and State Nursing Council to consider the applications at the earliest and take a final call regarding the matter within eight weeks.Apart from this, the HC single judge bench comprising of Justice...
Bengaluru: Providing relief to the petitioners who sought to commence Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) courses, the Karnataka High Court recently directed the Karnataka Government and State Nursing Council to consider the applications at the earliest and take a final call regarding the matter within eight weeks.
Apart from this, the HC single judge bench comprising of Justice P Krishna Bhat also directed in the order that the grant of recognition or refusal order should mention sufficient reasons for the same.
The order read, "(1) Writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondents to consider the applications of petitioners which were filed in the year 2019 as if it is filed for the Academic Year 2021-22 and take a final decision on the same in the manner indicated hereinabove within an outer limit of eight weeks from today and communicate the decision to the petitioners immediately thereafter.
(2) Needless to say, the order shall contain sufficient reasons for taking the decision either to grant the approval or refuse the approval."
The case concerned the petitioners who intended to start school of nursing for fresh course of Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM Course). For this, they had made an application to the concerned authorities in the year 2019 seeking recognition with effect from Academic Year 2019-20.
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Barsha completed her MA from the University of Burdwan, West Bengal in 2018. Having a knack for Journalism she joined Medical Dialogues back in 2020. She mainly covers news about medico legal cases, NMC/DCI updates, medical education issues including the latest updates about medical and dental colleges in India. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in.