HC upholds university stand in exam cheating case

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsAfter one of the students of Stanley Medical College who was implicated in a copying scandal filed a writ petition demanding that his final year result be published, the Madras High Court ruled in favour of the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University and said that it found no reason to interfere with their orders.While the ruling does come as a shot in the arm for all the professors and officials of the university who are working to break the exam cheating racket, questions have begun to arise about why the original perpetrators have not been identified or arrested.A few months ago, 10 students were hauled up for cheating during their final-year exams using Bluetooth headsets and relay technology. “The cyber crime officials were consulted in February and they continued the investigation in April as well. They have been tracking how the phone calls to the students were made and answers relayed within the stipulated time; but how the question papers were leaked and answer guides prepared beforehand is something they have not found yet,” said a senior professor of medicine and an alumnus of Stanley Medical College.A cyber crime official who was involved with the case hinted that a house-surgeon had been suspected to be behind the racket, but the evidence was inconclusive at the moment. The High Court bench ruled that the student, S Ganesh Ram, who is part of the 2007-12 MBBS batch, was given ample opportunity to present his case before the Examination Discipline Committee and the varsity officials but chose not to do so.The court ruling also stated that the university had not only taken all possible steps to curb the cheating menace by installing jammers and changing venues, but also reduced the three-year debarrment to one year in the interest of the student.first published:September 19, 2012, 09:20 ISTlast updated:September 19, 2012, 09:20 IST
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After one of the students of Stanley Medical College who was implicated in a copying scandal filed a writ petition demanding that his final year result be published, the Madras High Court ruled in favour of the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University and said that it found no reason to interfere with their orders.

While the ruling does come as a shot in the arm for all the professors and officials of the university who are working to break the exam cheating racket, questions have begun to arise about why the original perpetrators have not been identified or arrested.

A few months ago, 10 students were hauled up for cheating during their final-year exams using Bluetooth headsets and relay technology. “The cyber crime officials were consulted in February and they continued the investigation in April as well. They have been tracking how the phone calls to the students were made and answers relayed within the stipulated time; but how the question papers were leaked and answer guides prepared beforehand is something they have not found yet,” said a senior professor of medicine and an alumnus of Stanley Medical College.

A cyber crime official who was involved with the case hinted that a house-surgeon had been suspected to be behind the racket, but the evidence was inconclusive at the moment. The High Court bench ruled that the student, S Ganesh Ram, who is part of the 2007-12 MBBS batch, was given ample opportunity to present his case before the Examination Discipline Committee and the varsity officials but chose not to do so.

The court ruling also stated that the university had not only taken all possible steps to curb the cheating menace by installing jammers and changing venues, but also reduced the three-year debarrment to one year in the interest of the student.