10-18-2006, 08:45 PM
<b>Delhi HC restricts AIIMS governing body from sacking Venugopal </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->New Delhi, Oct 18: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday restricted AIIMS governing body from sacking Director P Venugopal. Justice Anil Kumar had yesterday reserved the order after hearing the nearly five hour arguments presented before him by Dr Venugopal`s counsels and the counsels representing the Centre and the AIIMS.
Senior Counsel Arun Jaitely and Advocate Maninder Singh appearing for Dr Venugopal had argued that the scheduled meeting was illegal as it was convened without proper notice and had a one point agenda of terminating the director`s services due to his differences with the Health Minister A Ramadoss.
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<b>AIIMS meeting off to stormy start; Malhotra walks out</b>
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<b>"The meeting is illegal, improper, unconstitutional and sub-judice," </b>Malhotra told reporters as he walked out of the meeting.
He said he was unhappy that minutes of the July five meeting were circulated to members only today after the meeting started.
Malhotra also said the minutes had no mention of the decision taken against Venugopal in the previous meeting.
Launching an attack on Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, who was chairing the meeting and has been at loggerheads with Venugopal, the BJP leader said, "It`s the minister`s way of humiliating a senior surgeon who has been honoured by Parliament." The issues raised against Venugopal in today`s meeting include outbreak of dengue and anti-reservation protests on the campus.
"If there is an outbreak of dengue in Delhi, it is the minister`s fault and he should take the blame," Malhotra said.
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Senior Counsel Arun Jaitely and Advocate Maninder Singh appearing for Dr Venugopal had argued that the scheduled meeting was illegal as it was convened without proper notice and had a one point agenda of terminating the director`s services due to his differences with the Health Minister A Ramadoss.
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<b>AIIMS meeting off to stormy start; Malhotra walks out</b>
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<b>"The meeting is illegal, improper, unconstitutional and sub-judice," </b>Malhotra told reporters as he walked out of the meeting.
He said he was unhappy that minutes of the July five meeting were circulated to members only today after the meeting started.
Malhotra also said the minutes had no mention of the decision taken against Venugopal in the previous meeting.
Launching an attack on Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, who was chairing the meeting and has been at loggerheads with Venugopal, the BJP leader said, "It`s the minister`s way of humiliating a senior surgeon who has been honoured by Parliament." The issues raised against Venugopal in today`s meeting include outbreak of dengue and anti-reservation protests on the campus.
"If there is an outbreak of dengue in Delhi, it is the minister`s fault and he should take the blame," Malhotra said.
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