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PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV
Manjula Devasani, W/o. Mr. Dodly Goutham – Appellant
Versus
National Board Of Examinations Rep. by its Director, Medical Enclave, Ansari Nagar, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Delhi – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
[Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, J.]
1. The petitioner, vide the present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has prayed for quashing of the impugned letter dated 02.09.2019 issued by the respondent-National Board of Examinations (NBE), whereby, the appearance of the petitioner in the Diplomate of National Board (DNB) Examination, December 2018 has been considered to be null and void and accordingly, the already declared result of the petitioner in the said examination has been disapproved.
2. The facts leading to the filing of the instant writ petition are that the petitioner after completing her MBBS course, qualified in the DNB Centralised Entrance Test (DNB-CET) and accordingly, was admitted into the said course. The petitioner admittedly commenced her DNB training on 24.06.2016. According to the Information Bulletin for DNB Final Examination, 2018, the concerned programme was for three years followed by the final examination comprising of both theory and practical. The candidates undergoing the programme in question can be granted an extension of more than two months beyond the scheduled completion date of training.
3. The case of the petitioner is that
The court emphasized the importance of adhering to the approved extension period and highlighted the unjustifiability of withholding the result based solely on the cut-off date for completion of trai....
The court emphasized the importance of considering the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case and directed NBE to grant appropriate extension in accordance with the Leave Rules for DNB/FNB Trai....
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