Madras High Court awards Rs. 5 lakh compensation to BDS aspirant
India Today
Madras High Court has awarded a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to a SC woman candidate, who was denied admission to a private dental college in Tiruchengode in Namakkal district in 2014.
The Madras High Court, in a recent decision, awarded Rs. 5 Lakh to a SC female candidate who was denied admission to a college in Tiruchengode in Namakkal district in 2014. She was denied admission due to inaction on the part of the authorities concerned. Justice S M Subramaniam held the then secretaries of the Tamil Nadu Health department, the Selection Committee and the KSR Dental College responsible for the denial of admission in BDS course to A Jayaranjani and directed them to pay the compensation within four weeks.
Proportioning the compensation amount, the judge said the secretaries of health and the selection panel should jointly pay Rs 3 lakh and the college Rs 2 lakh to the petitioner.