HC asks MGU to publish results of MSc students

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed Mahatma Gandhi University to declare the examination results of five MSc students and to treat them as eligible to be awarded MSc degree in Inf
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KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed Mahatma Gandhi University to declare the examination results of five MSc students and to treat them as eligible to be awarded MSc degree in Information Technology.

Criticising Siena College, Edakochi, which had put five of its students in difficulty, a Division Bench of the High Court directed the college to pay `25,000 as cost of proceedings to the students.

A Division Bench comprising Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan and Justice P Bhavadasan issued the directive while considering the petitions submitted by five MSc (IT) fourthsemester students of Siena College, Edakochi, after a Single Judge refused to interfere in the matter.

"The university has all along held that the college is affiliated to it. Now, after completing three semesters, appearing for two semester examinations and having remitted fees for the thirdsemester examinations, the university has told the students that they cannot write the examination because the college had no affiliation," counsel for the petitioners Krishnanand S Bhat, Ansaj K E , Abdul Salam M, Mittu Thomas and Sibini B contended before the court.

The college had accepted fees from the students and the students had spent two years of their life. Obviously, the college is responsible for the litigation at hand, the court held.

The materials show that the university had continued to claim on its official website that it is an affiliated institution.

It also appears that, in the handbook published by MG University, the college is shown as having affiliation.

A Single Bench of the High Court had earlier allowed the students to write the thirdsemester examinations through an interim order in June.

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