Court gives EDO law time to defend KMDC
Student seeking admission questions eligibility conditions of KMDC.
KARACHI:
The Sindh High Court decided to give more time to the EDO law to satisfy the court regarding Karachi Medical and Dental College’s mandatory condition of having either a matriculation or intermediate certificate from Karachi for admission eligibility.
A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Justice Salman Ha.mid, was hearing a constitutional petition filed by Afifa binte Irfan, a student seeking admission in KMDC, who questioned the mandatory condition. Afifa is not eligible for the admission because she has completed her matriculation from Abbotabad and her intermediate from Rawalpindi.
Her counsel submitted that the petitioner is domiciled from Karachi, has a Permanent Residential Certificate (PRC) and National Identity Card proving her to be a resident of Karachi that makes her eligible for admission in KMDC.
The petitioner relied on a judgment in a case against NED University, Karachi in which such conditions were struck down by the Supreme Court.
During the hearing, EDO law Manzoor Ahmed opposed the petition and said KMDC was established and funded by taxes from residents of the city. He submitted that the judgment on which the petitioner relied on is not applicable as NED University is federally funded.
He submitted that KMDC has only 100 seats and if applicants from other provinces are accommodated, “genuine residents of Karachi would suffer”. He also expressed doubts about the PRC and other documents, saying those documents could be easily obtained for paltry sums of money.
However, after hearing the counsel for CDGK - the main respondent in the petition - the bench adjourned the proceedings till November 25, directing the EDO law to satisfy the court regarding the impugned condition.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 12th, 2010.
The Sindh High Court decided to give more time to the EDO law to satisfy the court regarding Karachi Medical and Dental College’s mandatory condition of having either a matriculation or intermediate certificate from Karachi for admission eligibility.
A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Justice Salman Ha.mid, was hearing a constitutional petition filed by Afifa binte Irfan, a student seeking admission in KMDC, who questioned the mandatory condition. Afifa is not eligible for the admission because she has completed her matriculation from Abbotabad and her intermediate from Rawalpindi.
Her counsel submitted that the petitioner is domiciled from Karachi, has a Permanent Residential Certificate (PRC) and National Identity Card proving her to be a resident of Karachi that makes her eligible for admission in KMDC.
The petitioner relied on a judgment in a case against NED University, Karachi in which such conditions were struck down by the Supreme Court.
During the hearing, EDO law Manzoor Ahmed opposed the petition and said KMDC was established and funded by taxes from residents of the city. He submitted that the judgment on which the petitioner relied on is not applicable as NED University is federally funded.
He submitted that KMDC has only 100 seats and if applicants from other provinces are accommodated, “genuine residents of Karachi would suffer”. He also expressed doubts about the PRC and other documents, saying those documents could be easily obtained for paltry sums of money.
However, after hearing the counsel for CDGK - the main respondent in the petition - the bench adjourned the proceedings till November 25, directing the EDO law to satisfy the court regarding the impugned condition.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 12th, 2010.