Gangtok , Oct 22 The Sikkim High Court today stayed the Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences (SMIMS); aposs decision to discharge three second-year students enrolled in an MBBS course for failing to secure 50 per cent marks in the entrance test.
The order was passed by a division bench comprising Justice A P Subba and Justice S P Wandi on a writ petition filed by the aggrieved students - Tekhelnayum Sayon Singh, Rohit Tiwari and Monalisa.
They have challenged the SMIMS notice discharging them from the institute with effect from today after they failed to secure 50 per cent marks in an entrance test held last year.
The students say that they had been given admission by the institute through a proper procedure during which they were intimated in writing by the authorities about their selection in the MBBS and asked to appear for counseling before being given admission after payment of fees of about Rs four lakhs.
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