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Manorama Saini
CAMBRIDGE, MA Dr. Manorama Saini, first woman president of the Indian Medical Association of New England, passed away on Monday, April 12, 2021 at her home in Cambridge, MA, surrounded by her family. She was 93, alert and independent until the very end and expired peacefully.
She was born in Jalandar, India, in 1928 where her parents Narain Singh Banwatt and Vidya Vati were practicing physicians. Not surprisingly, she followed her parents’ footsteps and entered Lady Hardinge Medical College at the age of 16, graduating in 1949.
She trained to become a Radiologist in India, Canada and US and for over 30 years served on the faculty of Tufts University School of Medicine, attaining the academic rank of Assistant Professor of Radiology specializing in bone radiology at the Boston VA Medical Center.
Access to professional education no government largesse, says Supreme Court
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Last Updated: Apr 14, 2021, 03:23 PM IST
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Synopsis While the right to pursue higher (professional) education has not been spelt out as a fundamental right in Part III of the Constitution, it bears emphasis that access to professional education is not a governmental largesse. Instead, the state has an affirmative obligation to facilitate access to education, at all levels, the bench said in its judgement delivered on April 9.
Access to professional education is not a governmental largesse and state has an affirmative obligation to facilitate its reach at all levels, the Supreme Court has said. This obligation assumes far greater importance for students whose background imposes formidable obstacles on their path to access quality education, the apex court said.
New Delhi, April 14
Maintaining that access to professional education is not a governmental largesse, the Supreme Court has said the state had an affirmative obligation to facilitate access to education at all levels.
“While the right to pursue higher (professional) education has not been spelt out as a fundamental right in Part III of the Constitution, it bears emphasis that access to professional education is not a governmental largesse. Instead, the state has an affirmative obligation to facilitate access to education, at all levels,” a Bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud said.
The court was dealing with a case of admission of Farzana Batool and another candidate of Ladakh in a medical college in Delhi against the central pool. In November last year, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MHFW) had allotted one seat each at Lady Hardinge Medical College and Maulana Azad Medical College to the Union Territory of Ladakh from the central pool.