The Madras High Court today issued notice to Tamil Nadu government on a petition seeking that students of a private college at Villupuram, where three girls recently committed suicide over alleged exorbitant fee demands, be allowed to continue their studies in a government college.
The HC issued notice to Special Government Pleader V Jayaprakashnarayan on a petition by S Ravi Kumar, a student of SVS Medical College of Yoga and Naturopathy, to continue their studies in the Government College of Naturopathy and Yoga Science here.
Kumar submitted that the students had lost the opportunity to attend the internals and practical exams as the college was sealed by authorities after the girls' suicide last month.
Since Tamil Nadu Dr Medical University, the affiliating university, was taking steps to finalise the exam schedule, a proper scheme to conduct the internals and practicals has to be assured. Unless this was done, as also for continuing the remainder of their studies, his future, as well as that of the other students would be ruined, he said.
Hence he prayed for a direction to government to arrange for holding of these exams and to enable them continue their studies either by taking over the college or by special orders permitting them to continue their education in the Government College of Naturopathy and Yoga Science here.
Justice R Subbaiah, before whom the petition came up for hearing today, issued notice to SGP to get instructions and posted the matter for further hearing after two weeks.
On January 23, three girl students of SVS Medical College of Yoga and Naturopathy committed suicide by jumping into a farm well after harassment by the management demanding 'exorbitant' fees.
The college head Vasuki Subramaniam surrendered in a court in Chennai on January 25 and was remanded to judicial custody while two others, including its principal, were arrested in connection with the case.
On January 27, the HC allowed a fresh autopsy of one the three college girls who committed suicide on a request by her father.
Tamilarasan had moved a petition on January 25 in the HC, seeking a CB-CID inquiry and a fresh post-mortem in a state-run hospital in Chennai.
He had also requested that a doctor of his choice be present during the autopsy.
