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HRC intervenes in NRI students case
The Human Rights Commission asked the West Bengal Govt to furnish details of the NRI medical students.
In a new twist to the NRI medicos case, the West Bengal Human Rights Commission on Friday asked the Director of Medical Education to furnish details of the Non-Resident Indian medical students whose admission in state-run medical colleges had been cancelled by a Supreme Court order.
State HRC Chairman Justice (Retd) Shyamal Sen said that out of 69 students, 38 moved the commission seeking its intervention in the alleged wrong committed by the state government as they had to leave their studies which they were pursuing for about five months after their admission in the medical colleges.
The commission's directive comes a day after the state government filed an affidavit of compliance before the Supreme Court.
HRC Chairman said considering the submission of the 38 students, he had suo motu issued directions upon the Director of Medical Education C R Maity to apprise the commission, preferably by December 21.
Parents and guardians of these students too were asked to place their required documents to the commission.
The state government on Thursday filed an affidavit of compliance before the Supreme Court on its order cancelling the admissions of 69 NRI candidates in two state-run medical colleges, Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee today said.
The affidavit was filed by the state Chief Secretary Ashok Gupta as per the instruction of the apex court to file the same within two days and posted for further hearing in the first week of January, he said.
