'Illegality' In Recognizing Colleges: Madhya Pradesh HC Warns Of CBI Enquiry If State/Nursing Council Doesn't Produce Missing CCTV, Files

A division bench of Justice Sanjay Dwivedi and Justice Achal Kumar Paliwal in its January 31 said, " List this case on 10.02.2025 making it clear that on the next date, if respondents fail to comply with the direction issued by this Court on 23.01.2025, then this Court may think about handing over the enquiry to the CBI. While hearing a PIL claiming irregularities in granting recognition to nursing colleges, the Madhya Pradesh High Court warned of transferring the enquiry to CBI if the State authorities fail to produce missing CCTV footage and the files on enrolment of students in colleges, when allegedly no permission for admission in the nursing course was granted for 2022-23 session. Nursing Registration Council, especially the Registrar of the Council, to preserve the CCTV footage of the office of the Council for the period from 14th December to 19th December, 2024 so as to examine the correctness of the allegations made by the petitioner about tampering of evidence and taking away certain documents from the office by the culprit. Despite the order of this Court, the Registrar chose to disobey and clandestinely removed the CCTV footage spanning 13th to 19th December, 2024.” Thereafter, the Court had directed the Commissioner of Police, Bhopal and Cyber Cell Incharge, Bhopal to make all plausible efforts to retrieve the CCTV footage of the office of Nursing Council for the period from 13th to 19th December, 2024 in 15 days' time.