http://www.hindu.com/2003/10/04/stor...0405740400.htm

Restraint on conducting courses


The Kerala High Court today restrained the Universal Empire Institute of Medical Sciences, a Kochi-based private institution, from admitting any student for its medical and dental courses unless the institution is recognised by the Medical Council of India or Dental Council of India as the case may be, or the degrees awarded by the university to which it is affiliated are treated on a par with the degrees awarded by the Indian universities.

Justice C. N. Ramachandran Nair issued the directive on a writ petition filed by P. C. Sunil, secretary, Indian Dental Association, Kerala Branch and another doctor.

The petitioners said that the institution was conducting MBBS, MD and MS courses without obtaining approval from statutory bodies like the Medical Council of India and Dental Council of India.

The petitioners claimed that the institution had been affiliated to the International University of Health Sciences, Government of St. Christopher and Nevi, West Indies. They wanted the court to prohibit the functioning of the institution.

See: http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/30/stor...3007730400.htm

The Kerala High Court in India on January 29, 2004, LIFTED the restraining order against Universal Empire, the parent company or partner of IUHS.

The short version of a long article in THE HINDU ONLINE is that the court ruled against the Medical Council of India (MCI) which asked the court to prevent Universal Empire from offering Universal Empire medical degrees in India until Universal Empire was properly registered with the MCI. The court ruled that Universal Empire's medical degrees come directly from and through IUHS in St. Kitts, West Indies. Therefore, it seems that the court decided that Universal Empire did not need MCI approval to cooperate with the IUHS program since IUHS was not issuing medical degrees in India. See the URL above for the details.

As an acquaintance of mine says who attended IUHS and speaks rather highly of their distance-learning program: "Case closed; next case."

so basically as long as students aren't intending to license in India the country of India doesn't care? Is that how you understand the article? Basically India is taking the same position of not licensing the graduates as many states do in the US already. az skeptic

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