Under-aged MBBS aspirant’s case dismissed

Justice G.Rohini of A.P. High Court on Tuesday dismissed a writ petition filed by B.S. Krupalini , challenging the action of the authorities in refusing to give her a seat in MBBS course on the ground that she was under aged.

The petitioner said that the action was illegal and unconstitutional and her bright career cannot be stifled in the name of an obsolete rule which has not considered the merit. The judge pointed out that the local authorities have followed the guidelines framed by the Medical Council of India (MCI) which are statutory in nature. These guidelines mandate that a student who is to take admission must be of 17 years old. The petitioner was less by two months and 12 days.

Justice C. V. Nagarjuna Reddy of the A.P. High Court on Tuesday upheld the action of the APGENCO in awarding the contract pertaining to Nagarjuna Sagar Tail Pond (NSTP) project to GTV-PES Engineers Private Limited.

The judge was dismissing the writ petition filed by Precision Infratech. The petitioner contended that the technical bid given by the successful bidder could not have been considered at all as preconditions were imposed. All the contentions raised by the petitioner were rejected by the judge saying that public interest did not suffer. Justice Reddy pointed out that when there are no allegations attributing malafides such writ petitions can not be entertained.

A division bench of the A.P High Court comprising Chief Justice Anil Ramesh Dave and Justice Ramesh Ranganathan on Tuesday made it clear that the commissioner of the GHMC has to file an affidavit undertaking to remove the dangerous towers installed by the various cell phone companies.

The Bench was dealing with a contempt case filed against the authorities of the GHMC. On an earlier occasion a Bench of this court had directed the officers of the GHMC to take steps to remove the dangerous cell towers. The officers tried to plead with the court that they need time to test the structural stability and necessary equipment is needed which is not immediately available to inspect 1397 towers. The GHMC wanted three months time for this.