Delhi High Court allows MAIDS students to submit thesis by September 30 with late fee – education

The Delhi High Court has prolonged until September 30 the time for students of Grasp of Dental Sciences Publish Graduate Programme on the Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences (MAIDS) within the nationwide capital to submit their thesis. Nevertheless, the identical will probably be topic to cost of late fee of Rs 5,000.

“Insofar because the students who’ve approached this courtroom are involved, contemplating the lockdown and the stress on all medical schools and establishments and likewise contemplating that the unique Government Council’s modification had prolonged the time until October 15, 2021, this courtroom is inclined to grant extension of time for submission of thesis until September 30, 2021,” a single-decide bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh mentioned.

The High Court was listening to a petition filed by the students of Grasp of Dental Sciences PG Programme on the MAIDS searching for instructions to searching for extension of time for submitting their thesis claiming Delhi College had amended its ordinances relating to Publish-Graduate (MDS) Research course in July 2019 pertaining to the final date for submission of the thesis.

The courtroom clarified that the identical shall, nevertheless, be topic to cost of late fee of Rs 5,000 and people petitioners who’re able to submitting their thesis by July 31, 2021 can be permitted to accomplish that with none late fee cost.

“Neither Delhi College nor MAIDS have been in a position to place on file correct paperwork to set up as to when the universities and students have been notified of the varied adjustments in deadlines for submission of the thesis. Thus, one factor is evident that the final date for submission of the thesis has been muddled up and confusion has been created within the minds of students,” the order mentioned.

“Contemplating that there’s huge miscommunication between the authorities and the circulars weren’t adequately circulated amongst the students, this aid is being granted on the prima facie stage,” the order mentioned including that the problems can be thought of on the stage of ultimate adjudication of the plea and listed the matter for additional listening to on September 9.

Advocate Mohinder Rupal, counsel for Delhi College, submitted that MAIDS is a non-COVID hospital however counsel for the petitioner advocate Sarthak Maggon submitted that 4 out of the 9 petitioners are on COVID responsibility.