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HC stays enforcement of law on rural service for medicos

Published On : 07 Oct 2015


Bengaluru, DHNS: The High Court on Tuesday stayed the enforcement of the Karnataka Compulsory Service Training by Candidates Completed Medical Courses Act, 2012, that came into effect on July 24, 2015.

In an interim order on a writ petition by students of M S Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital, Justice Ravi Malimath ordered the State government to issue degree and registration certificates to medicos who had challenged the retrospective enforcement of the said law. But the degree and registration certificates would be subject to the result of the writ petition. The court also directed the students who approached it to submit an affidavit stating that if their petition was dismissed, they would comply with the Act.

Bushra Abdul Aleem and other students, including some foreign nationals, have challenged the retrospective enforcement of the said Act which mandates that all medical students serve for a year in government hospitals and primary health centres in rural areas to be eligible to get their degree and registration certificates. The rule applies to all those studying MBBS, diploma and postgraduate medical courses in government colleges or on government seats in private colleges.

The government has argued that the law was enforced to address the shortage of doctors in rural areas by obtaining the services of medical students who graduate in large numbers from a host of colleges in Karnataka every year. The students countered by saying that the government’s “failure” to appoint doctors in rural areas cannot be overcome by bringing in an “arbitrary” law and enforcing it strictly.

‘Notify power cuts’
The public must be notified in advance about power outages so that they can plan their routine better, the High Court has ruled. The order came on Tuesday on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against unscheduled power cuts in Karnataka.

The petitioner, G R Mohan, a lawyer himself, contended that the government was cutting power supply without notifying its timings or the localities to be affected, in any newspaper, thus putting citizens to hardship. He urged the court to direct the government to follow the Electricity Act, 2013, and the Electricity Rules, 2005.

The Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd (KPTCL) informed the court about various electricity generation projects in different levels of progress and said the situation was expected to improve in future. It said the government was also making efforts to overcome the shortage by bringing power from other sources.

A division bench of acting Chief Justice S K Mukherjee and Justice B V Nagarathna observed it could not give any direction to the government as there was not sufficient power generation. The court then disposed of the petition, directing the KPTCL and the Bangalore Supply Electricity Company (Bescom) to notify the public in advance about the power cuts. It also expected the authorities to take necessary steps to improve power supply.

Photo credit: DHNS

 







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