Daijiworld Media Network - Mysuru (SP)

Mysuru, Jan 14: The Supreme Court (SC) has imposed a penalty of five crore rupees on JSS Medical College here for admitting students into MBBS course in excess of sanctioned strength.

A bench of the SC comprising Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice R K Agrawal, termed the above act on the part of the college management as most unfortunate. It has ordered the above penalty amount to be deposited within four weeks.

The bench noted that the college has failed to comply with the orders passed by the SC in 2012. Observing that the college allowed students admitted wrongly to continue with their education, and said that imposing exemplary penalty on the college is considered proper as a measure of warning to this and other colleges which violate rules.

The court at the same time, said that the students who have not yet completed their four and half years of MBBS course and others who will be completing the course in June this year, can continue to pursue their courses. It has ordered JSS Medical College administration to fill only 150 out of 200 medical seats allotted to it for the year 2016-17.