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E. S. INDIRESH
Samarth S. S. – Appellant
Versus
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences – Respondent
JUDGMENT/ORDER
1. In these writ petitions, petitioners are pursuing MBBS Course for the academic year 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 under Revised Scheme No.4 (RS4) at various medical colleges affiliated to respondent-Universty.
2. The petitioners had taken examination conducted by the respondent-University in May, 2022 and being aggrieved by non- implementation of the Resolution/decision of the Academic Council of the respondent-University dtd. 20/4/2022 regarding the procedure to be adopted for valuation of the MBBS Theory answer-scripts, have approached this Court, seeking writ of mandamus to respondent-University to re-compute the results of the failed subjects of the MBBS (RS4) examination of May, 2022, by considering the highest marks of two examiners for the purpose of computation of the results in terms of the decision of the Academic Council dtd. 20/4/2022 (Annexure-E) to the writ petition.
3. It is the case of the petitioners that the Medical Council of India/National Medical Commission has amended the Regulations pertaining to the MBBS Course for the Academic year 2019-2020 onwards by Notification dtd. 4/11/2019. In furtherance of the same, respondent-University had notified the
The main legal point established is that the Academic Council's decision on valuation procedure should be followed by the respondent-University for the MBBS RS4 examination.
Point of Law – Courts will interfere only if they find all or any of the following: (i) violation of any enactment, statutory Rules and Regulations; (ii) mala fides or ulterior motives to assist or e....
The court established that new educational regulations can supersede previous ones, and students do not have a vested right to evaluation standards that have changed.
The 2023 Guidelines supersede previous regulations, prohibiting the awarding of grace marks in MBBS examinations, emphasizing the court's limited role in academic policy matters.
The evaluation ordinance by Rajiv Gandhi University conforms to statutory regulations, allowing for valid single evaluations post-revaluation.
The subject ordinance clearly provides for rounding off of marks for computation of results. The appellant's interpretation that it is a one-time measure is not supported by the text. A decision is o....
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