AIIMS seats not for sale, says Delhi High Court

While hearing a woman's petition to recover INR 30 lakh she claimed to have given as a bribe to a man for securing a seat in AIIMS, the court said the seats at the premier medical institute are not for sale. Read here to know the details.

Delhi High Court dismissed a woman's petition who sought to recover INR 30 lakh which she claimed that she had given to a man for securing her daughter's admission to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

Delhi High Court Justice Jasmeet Singh said that the MBBS course at one of the premier institutes of medicine is not for sale. The court observed that the woman herself "perpetuated an illegality" and the law does not recognise contracts having an object that is unlawful, immoral, and against public policy.

"It is a known fact that AIIMS is one of the premier institutes of medicine in India. Children spend hours and hours preparing for the entrance to AIIMS. The seats in the MBBS course at AIIMS are not for sale. The appellant may be gullible but the court can't come to the assistance of a person who has perpetuated an illegality," said the court, as reported by NDTV.

The woman had moved to the high court to appeal against a lower court order which rejected her lawsuit to recover INR 30 lakh from the man who lured her into paying money to secure an MBBS seat at AIIMS.

"If by paying ₹ 40 lakh you are able to get a seat, what is going to happen to our country? The facts of the case paint an abysmal picture," the court said, maintaining there was no illegality in the lower court order.

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