The Kerala High Court in Devika Soniraj vs The Zonal Manager, Bank of India and Anr. — WP(C) no. 6593 of 2021— directed the respondent to disburse the educational loan to the petitioner, a second year BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery) student whose loan request was rejected by the bank based on the financial position of the petitioner and her father as they would not be able to pay the deficit fee to the college and the petitioner in such case wouldn’t be able to complete the course thereby affecting her “projected future earnings”.
The Madras High Court in K.R Raja Vs the State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. -W. P 16484 of 2020- while hearing the petitioner’s plea to setup a medical wing in Trichy Central Prison or Madurai Central Prison exclusively to provide mental health care facilities to the prisoners with mental illness and with round the clock availability of treatment as per Mental Health Care Act, 2017, commented on the severe lack of psychiatrists in the country. The court ruled that psychiatrists are the need of the hour and it is essential that psychiatry as a subject should be introduced in every medical college.
Supreme Court in All India Institute Of Medical Sciences Vs. U. Asha & Ors. — Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 12338/2021, directed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi, to allow a Final Year MD student and doctor to participate in the counselling for Post-Doctoral Course and admit him in the vacant seat available. The student could not acquire the certificate of passing the MD exams as the exams were delayed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. The court noted that this direction is in light of peculiar facts of the case and the same shall not be treated as the precedent.
The High Court of Gujrat in Rajesh Manibhai Patel & 1 other vs GMERS Medical College Himmatnagar Through Dean and Additional Dean As I/C Dean & 2 Other(s)-R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 990 of 2021 – the court directed the respondent to furnish the withheld documents of the petitioner – a medical student for failing to pay the bond amount of Rs. 2,00,000/- Further, the court urged the authority to not indulge in petty disputes and act in line with the idea of being a welfare state.