Karnataka HC Directs RGUHS To Re-Conduct Practicals For 70 MBBS Students

Karnataka HC directed RGUHS University to re-conduct practical exams of over 70 students, read here for more details.

The Karnataka High Court has directed Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) to re-conduct the practical and clinical exams of over 70 students for failing to conduct the practical exams as per regulations prescribed by the Medical Council of India.

"It goes without saying that every examiner has to independently assess and assign marks which is lacking in the present batch of petitions. Therefore, it is unfortunate that respondent-University and examiners in gross violation of the findings recorded by co-ordinate Bench are again repeating the same mistakes,” said the single judge bench of Sachin Shankar Magadum, as reported by Live Law.

The court has rejected the contention of the university that there is no need for every examiner to assign individual marks in the column.

“The emergence and evaluation of concept of four examiners was on account of arbitral assessment by the examiners in theory as well as practical exams. The concept of having four examiners gained attention in recent years as a means to enhance accuracy, fairness and reliability of assessments. One of the primary drivers behind the emergence of concept of four examiners is the desire to address subjectivity and bias inherent in single or dual examiner assessment. Recognizing the trend and also based on statistics, the MCI has come out with an Ordinance pressing for four examiners for practical and theory," added the court.

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