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Supreme Court of India 2016-04-19 partly_allowed

Soumya Ranjan Panda and Ors vs Subhalaxmi Dash and Ors

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In Brief

Medical students at Sardar Rajas Medical College were transferred to other private colleges following its closure. The Supreme Court directed the Selvam Educational Trust, which ran the college, to deposit Rs 2 crores as compensation for displacing the students from certainty to uncertainty. The Court held that the Trust's dispute with the Medical Council of India over the closure justification should not delay or condition student compensation. Students would be treated as part of their original batch, preventing academic year loss, with degrees recognized by the regulator. Adequate facilities at transfer colleges were mandated. The matter was adjourned for further hearing."

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