HC denies relief - 9 MBBS graduates to get banned from practising medicine
Rajasthan- In a case of admission fraud in Rajasthan, 9 MBBS graduates lost their case in the High Court against the order of Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS) to cancel their MBBS admission. With this, RUHS is writing a letter to the authorities demanding to stop them from practising medicine.
"They got the admission on the basis of cheating. They did not appear in the RPMT exam in 2009 and someone else appeared impersonating them. We will write to all the concerned authorities to prevent them from practising medicine”, RUHS Vice Chancellor Dr Dhananjay Agarwal informed TOI.
However, the legal representatives of the candidates had informed the High Court that their clients have completed MBBS and some are pursuing specialisation while others are working as medical officers in Rajasthan and Maharashtra.
In 2009, 9 MBBS graduates from Rajasthan allegedly used proxy candidates during the RPMT 2009 entrance exam. A case was filed against them, which went to the High Court, which they now have lost.
As per the TOI media news report, 16 such candidates were identified and RUHS even cancelled their admissions in 2017, but the candidates challenged the decision in the High Court. Among those, four of them withdrew the case and three qualified for veterinary studies, so nine had to fight the case in court.
However, the High Court ultimately ruled against them, with Justice Sameer Jain delivering his order on December 3 this week, saying, “Courts can cancel the admission attained by means of fraud and unfair practices, even after a lapse of a decade, and no extraordinary circumstances prevail in order to invoke the jurisdiction of this court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.”
The order further added “The instant batch of petitions being devoid of any merits stand dismissed. No orders as to cost. Pending applications, if any, shall stand disposed of”.
