Staff Reporter :
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday fined 10 private medical colleges Tk one crore each for not complying with the enrolment rules of the government in admitting 153 students, who failed requirements during the 2014-15 academic session.
The 10 medical colleges are MH Samorita Medical College, City Medical College, Nightingale Medical College, ZH Sikder Medical College, AR Medical College, East West Medical College, Tairunessa Memorial Medical College, Aichi Medical College, Care Medical College and Ashiyan Medical College.
A four-member bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on August 10 directed the authorities of the 10 medical colleges to explain by August 21 as to why actions would not be taken against them for non-compliance of the rules. In case of default, the colleges would miss the enrolment right also for the session 2016-17. In its order passed on Sunday the court ruled that half of the amount would be given to the Dhaka University authority while the rest of the amount would be donated to National Liver Foundation and Kidney Foundation. The DU authority will open an FDR with the fined money and the accrued interest would be spent to give stipend to its underprivileged meritorious students.
The interest so accrued will be tax free. The ministry of health and the DU authority will oversee the order’s implementation.
The MBBS and the BDS degree aspirants must have 120 marks out of 200 to be eligible for the enrolment. But the colleges authorities completed the admission a total of 153 students violating the benchmark. The DU authority traced the violation of the rules and decided not to let them to appear in the first professional examination.
The aggrieved students moved for a writ petition with the High Court against the DU decision and the court ordered to provide registration and admit cards to the students on June 13, 2015.
The DU authority moved with the Appellate Division against the High Court order. The SC issued the rule on August 10.
