Delhi govt can takeover University College of Medical Sciences, says Delhi High Court

Delhi High Court has said that the Delhi government can take over the University College of Medical Sciences Block and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital Complex (UCMSB-GTBH). Read here for more details.

Delhi government is all set to take over the University College of Medical Sciences Block and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital Complex (UCMSB-GTBH), as said by the Delhi High Court. 

The High Court is vacating a 2016 interim order that stayed a Union Cabinet decision in this regard. The court said non-implementation of the Union Cabinet’s decision is against the public interest and has only served the private interest of the employees of the institution.

"We are of the considered opinion that the non-implementation of the Cabinet decision at the instance of the petitioners herein (who have a tacit support of respondent no. 4, DU) has acted against public interest (that is, patients and students) and is only focusing to serve the private interest of the employees and the staff of UCMS,” a bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora said in a judgment passed on February 19," as reported by Daily Pioneer.

"This was evident from reports of an incident of an “unfortunate death of an injured patient” this January, which highlights the “failing and grossly lacking infrastructure at UCMS, leading to non-provision of critical services to patients," added the bench.

The HC said the petitioners were unable to show any violation of their fundamental rights and their only submission appeared to be their “disgruntlement with the change in identity of the employer”.

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