New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Gorakhpur to conduct the examinations for 11 first-year students who were not allowed to sit in the first-year examinations on account of low attendance.
A division bench, headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao, and comprising Justice Ravindra Bhat directed AIIMS Gorakhpur to conduct the examinations for 11 students, including 10 petitioners and one student with a similar status as that of the petitioners.
Justice Rao also said that this decision should not be taken as an example as it has been taken considering peculiar circumstances in the case in the wake of novel coronavirus.
The petitioners had moved the Supreme Court seeking its direction to allow them to sit in the first-year examinations.
In the previous hearing, the Top Court had observed that these students should be given one last chance, and an exam should be conducted for them.