Finalise Rural Medical Course, Court tells MCI

The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Medical Council of India (MCI) to finalise within six weeks the curriculum for starting a three-and-half years course for non-MBBS physicians to practise medicine in rural health centres. Justice Rajiv Shakdher said that on failing to finalise the curriculum of Bachelor of Rural Health Care (BRHC), the MCI  [ Read More ]

Court reserves order against DU teachers

The Delhi High Court Thursday reserved its order on charges by Delhi University (DU) that teachers of Dyal Singh College had flouted court orders by protesting against the implementation of the semester system. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: “The court will pronounce its final verdict on whether  [ Read More ]

Apex court reserves verdict on plea to cancel 2G licences

The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition for cancellation of 2G licences illegally granted in 2008 after it was told considerations of ‘chaos’ and ‘loss’ of foreign investments if the licences were quashed could not outweigh the concerns over national security. The posituion was made clear to the apex court bench of  [ Read More ]

No apology for remark on chief justice: Prashant Bhushan

Senior counsel Prashant Bhushan said Thursday there “is no occasion or cause” for him to accept the Supreme Court’s suggestion that he apologise for calling Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia corrupt, a reference to the time when the judge was part of the forest bench deciding on a case of mining major Vedanta. He turned down  [ Read More ]