Expressing its strong displeasure over the absence of lawyers representing the Central government in several important matters, the Supreme Court has pulled up the Centre for adopting a ‘casual’ approach.
The Bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Viswanathan on Wednesday observed that despite a notice being duly served on November 25, the counsel representing the Central government failed to appear before it in the matter related to the admission of a Persons with Disability category student in the MBBS course.
It added that the affidavit mentioned 8-9 lawyers, but no one appeared from the Union government’s side.
Noting that the Court expected the Centre to appear in a matter related to a person with disability, the Bench asked the Union of India why it failed to appoint specific counsels, despite having several law officers and panel counsels.
This was not the first occurrence. On many occasions earlier, the Union of India failed to appear in several matters, it said.
On December 10, the top court of the country summoned Director General of the Centre’s Directorate General of Health Services to remain present before it on December 11. The Bench said on Wednesday that it waited till 4:00 pm for the Centre’s counsel before passing an order.
The petitioner, belonging to the OBC category and suffering from locomotive benchmark disability, along with speech impairment by birth, sought admission to the MBBS course.
The top court of the country said it did not take pleasure in seeking the presence of Government officers in the Court, but was compelled to do so, since there was no representation
The Director General of Health Services appeared on Wednesday, as per the Court orders.
The Bench allowed the appeal of the student, who was suffering from locomotive benchmark disability & speech impairment by birth.
The Court directed that the OBC category student be admitted in the MBBS course in a Rajasthan college.
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