12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday stayed the suspension of the seven medical students accused of perpetrating a "threat culture" at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital.
Justice Jay Sengupta stayed the suspension decision by the college governing body and the college council, allowing the accused to attend classes and take the semester examination.
The 7 accused students moved HC challenging the governing body's decision to suspend them for six months. The petitioners submitted that the decision hindered their ability to attend regular classes and take the semester examination.
Senior counsel for the petitioners, Kalyan Bandyopadhyay, argued that the complaint of "threat culture" was no different from a ragging complaint. He submitted that despite the National Medical Council's directive to form an anti-ragging committee in each medical college, no such committee was set up at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital till date.
He argued that NBMCH lacked the mandatory resources to address complaints of "threat culture" and it did not establish the mandatory anti-ragging committee and did not even bother to speak to the parents of the accused. The college council had thus taken a unilateral decision, he said.
NBMCH counsel Suman Senguptasubmitted that the college council arrived at the decision based on the findings of a duly constituted inquiry committee.
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday stayed the suspension of the seven medical students accused of perpetrating a "threat culture" at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital.
Justice Jay Sengupta stayed the suspension decision by the college governing body and the college council, allowing the accused to attend classes and take the semester examination.
The 7 accused students moved HC challenging the governing body's decision to suspend them for six months. The petitioners submitted that the decision hindered their ability to attend regular classes and take the semester examination.
Senior counsel for the petitioners, Kalyan Bandyopadhyay, argued that the complaint of "threat culture" was no different from a ragging complaint. He submitted that despite the National Medical Council's directive to form an anti-ragging committee in each medical college, no such committee was set up at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital till date.
He argued that NBMCH lacked the mandatory resources to address complaints of "threat culture" and it did not establish the mandatory anti-ragging committee and did not even bother to speak to the parents of the accused. The college council had thus taken a unilateral decision, he said.
NBMCH counsel Suman Senguptasubmitted that the college council arrived at the decision based on the findings of a duly constituted inquiry committee.