Dr. Deepak Kumar Singh and another, Petitioners v. Vice Chancellor of the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and others, Respondents.
SUDHIR NARAIN, J.
The reservation of 75 per cent seats of post-graduate course to the students of M.B.B.S. of Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, leaving 25 per cent to the general candidates is not proper. The institutional preference can be given only to the extent of 50 per cent of the total seats ... The Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, is of national character and is not confined to cater the need of any State or region. There does not seem to be any justification ... More so when, there are 50 seats for MBBS course and for the post-graduate course at the Institute, there are 83 seats. This figure shows that the students who pass MBBS Examination from the Institute their seats in the post- graduate course are guaranteed. None of the students have to appeàr for entrance test ... Those students who might have failed earlier and if they secure passing marks in next examination, they are also entitled for admission to the post-graduate course ... Institutional preference is given only on the basis that the students may have stability and continuity but this preference cannot be granted to all the students who had joined MBBS course ... The students who had taken admission after having passed the entrance test on all India basis ...should again compete with other candidates who have also passed MBBS course form other universities. (Source: AIR 1998 Allahabad 145)
On Pursuit of Excellence Dr. Zakir Hussain's Letter to Dr. A.R. Kidwai, then a Research Scholar in U.S.A., 23 June, 1947 (Extracts)
" The Partition of India has been decided but it seems that this will not solve any problem and all difficulties will remain as they are. However, may Allah bless whatever has happened to be beneficial to all! For those who reside in the Muslim minority provinces the situation is causing much concern but this concern will give us an opportunity to prove our capacity, May Allah give us the capacity to benefit from this opportunity. We have to strive that people do not count us but weigh us. We have to depend not on numbers but on our quality and I hope that we shall be able to earn tributes from all for the excellence of our work."
Civil Services (Main) Exam, 1998 Results: Muslim Candidates
Aseem Raja Mohd. Salman Khan
Mohammad Shahid Shahnawaz Qasim
Parwez Ahmad Zubair Riaz Kamili
Nasim Arshi Hoveyda Abbas
Afzal Karim Shamsi Mohd. Salim Khan
Mohammad Altaf Mohammed Sagheer
Najmul Hoda
Total : 620 Muslims : 13 Percentage: 2.10
Kishanganj Town: A Study in Muslim Educational Backwardness
Distt. Total Population (1991) : 984,107
Distt. Muslim Population (1991) : 648,624
Percentage of Muslims : 65.91
% of Muslims in Kishganj Town : Nearly 50%
|
Private Schools |
Govt. School |
||
|
Muslims |
Non-Muslims |
||
|
No. of Schools |
6 |
14 |
16 |
|
No. of Students |
593 |
3222 |
756 |
|
Muslim Boys |
383 |
466 |
1351 |
|
Muslim Girls |
184 |
268 |
924 |
|
Non-Muslim Boys |
16 |
1416 |
297 |
|
Non-Muslim Girls |
10 |
1072 |
231 |
Total Numbers of Students : 11384
Total Muslims and % : 3606- 31.41%
Non-Muslim Students and % : 7808 - 68.51%
Total Muslim Boys and % : 2200 - 19.33%
Total Non-Muslim Boys and % : 4407 - 38.71%
Total Muslim Girls and % : 1376 - 12.09%
Total Non-Muslim Girls and % : 3401 29.87%
Total Muslim Students in
non-Muslim Schools and % : 734 -22.78%
Total Non-Muslim Students in
Muslim Schools and % : 26 - 4.38%
(Collected by Maulana Nayeem Qasmi, Kishanganj)
Government Statement On Declaration of Education a Fundamental Right
The Report of the Standing Committee on Constitution (Eighty-Third Amendment) Bill is under examination. It is felt that a wider debate on the implication of the proposed legislation should be initiated. (Source: LSUQ No. 669 dated 1.6.1998 by S. Lahirl)
