KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Wednesday annulled a decision by Medical Council of India and West Bengal University of Health Sciences, the affiliating body of private medical colleges in the state, refusing to grant affiliation to the Haldia-based ICARE Institute of Medical Science and Research, headed by former CPM MP Lakshman Seth. Justice Girish Gupta revoked the order terming it "illogical" and directed the college to apply for the MCI affiliation afresh.
In a jolt to both the state university and MCI, the court observed that there is no embargo, in the present statutes, that a dental and a medical college can't be run on the same premises. This - among others - formed the core reason why the affiliation was cancelled. The twin orders cancelling affiliation by MCI and the state university in November, last year, had prompted been meshed in legal dispute after the college authorities and the first year MBBS students to appeal against it at the high court and Supreme Court.
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