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SC : CBI should probe MP medical admissions
Published on : 15-Aug-2015 Powered by www.Opasis.com
After being handed over investigations into the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh, the CBI could soon be probing alleged massive irregularities in admissions to private dental and medical colleges in the state.
Appearing for the state, attorney general Mukul Rohatgi on Friday told the court the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government had no objection to any agency probing the dental and medical admission test (DMAT) scam. He said DMAT was conducted by a private body for filling 50% seats in private medical colleges and there was no involvement of the government or its officials.
It would be difficult to invoke Prevention of Corruption Act. In the absence of PC Act offence, the CBI could find it difficult to exercise jurisdiction to investigate the case. There is no FIR till date in DMAT scam. Let it be investigated by the state police. The CBI probe into Vyapam scam would cover admissions to 50% of the seats in private medical colleges which are filled from government conducted admission test, the AG said.
But the dice had been cast by none other than the CBI. It had intended to convey to the court that it was woefully short of manpower to take up the DMAT scam which the petitioners said was larger than Vyapam. It had wanted to tell the court that Vyapam scam probe would severely drain its human resources making it impossible for the agency to take up investigation of another big scam.
In contrast, its counter affidavit in the petition filed by Dr Anand Rai conveyed that DMAT scam was much bigger than the Vyapam scandal.
A bench of Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justices Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy asked the state government to file its reply to Rai petition and said, Our tentative view is that if the CBI is investigating Vyapam scam that covers admissions to 50% of the seats in private medical colleges, it should also take over investigations into the other 50% of seats. The bench also told the CBI to clarify whether it would be able to take over investigations into the DMAT scam.
There are 15 private dental colleges and six private medical colleges in MP with approximately 2,800 seats for which the Association for Private Medical and Dental Colleges (APDMC) conducts DMAT every year. Of the total seats, 42% are for the state quota, 43% for management quota and the remaining are for NRIs. The petitioner had alleged that each seat in management quota was being sold for a price ranging between Rs 15 lakh to Rs 1.50 crore.
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Appearing for the state, attorney general Mukul Rohatgi on Friday told the court the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government had no objection to any agency probing the dental and medical admission test (DMAT) scam. He said DMAT was conducted by a private body for filling 50% seats in private medical colleges and there was no involvement of the government or its officials.
It would be difficult to invoke Prevention of Corruption Act. In the absence of PC Act offence, the CBI could find it difficult to exercise jurisdiction to investigate the case. There is no FIR till date in DMAT scam. Let it be investigated by the state police. The CBI probe into Vyapam scam would cover admissions to 50% of the seats in private medical colleges which are filled from government conducted admission test, the AG said.
But the dice had been cast by none other than the CBI. It had intended to convey to the court that it was woefully short of manpower to take up the DMAT scam which the petitioners said was larger than Vyapam. It had wanted to tell the court that Vyapam scam probe would severely drain its human resources making it impossible for the agency to take up investigation of another big scam.
In contrast, its counter affidavit in the petition filed by Dr Anand Rai conveyed that DMAT scam was much bigger than the Vyapam scandal.
A bench of Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justices Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy asked the state government to file its reply to Rai petition and said, Our tentative view is that if the CBI is investigating Vyapam scam that covers admissions to 50% of the seats in private medical colleges, it should also take over investigations into the other 50% of seats. The bench also told the CBI to clarify whether it would be able to take over investigations into the DMAT scam.
There are 15 private dental colleges and six private medical colleges in MP with approximately 2,800 seats for which the Association for Private Medical and Dental Colleges (APDMC) conducts DMAT every year. Of the total seats, 42% are for the state quota, 43% for management quota and the remaining are for NRIs. The petitioner had alleged that each seat in management quota was being sold for a price ranging between Rs 15 lakh to Rs 1.50 crore.
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