JUDGMENT

R.C. Lahoti, J.—Delhi, the National Capital of the county is also the seat of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, better known as ‘AIIMS’, an autonomous premier institution of national importance.

AIIMS—‘an institution of excellence for excellence’:

2. The Health Survey and Development Committee, popularly known as the Bhore Committee, in its report published in 1946 recommended the establishment of a national medical centre at Delhi which will concentrate on training well qualified teachers and research workers in order that a steady stream of these could be maintained to meet the needs of the rapidly expanding health activities throughout the country. After the attainment of independence, the Union Ministry of Health proceeded to implement the challenging idea. A munificent grant of one million pounds by the Government of New Zealand through the Colombo Plan helped to translate the idea into a reality. An Act of Parliament in 1956 established the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) as an autonomous institution of national importance and defined its objectives and functions. [see - Prospectus Postgraduate Courses, January 1996].

3. The All India Institute