Illegality In Recognizing Colleges: MP High Court Asks Police To Collect CCTV Footage Near Nursing Council's Office To Check Its Activities

While hearing a PIL claiming irregularities in granting recognition to nursing colleges, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Additional Commissioner of Police, Bhopal to collect the CCTV footage of cameras installed in proximity of Madhya Pradesh Nursing Registration Council's Office. A division bench of Justice Sanjay Dwivedi and Justice Achal Kumar Paliwal observed, “Since as per the report of Deputy Commissioner of Police, the date of CCTV cameras installed in the office of MPNRC could not be retrieved, therefore, the Additional Commissioner of Police, Bhopal is directed to make endeavours to collect the CCTV footage of cameras installed in the proximity so as to examine the activities of the office of MPNRC for the period from 13.12.2024 to 19.12.2024 and submit the same on or before next date of hearing.” An interim application was filed on behalf of the petitioner seeking a direction that the students of deficient and unsuited nursing colleges should be shifted to suited colleges and adequate arrangement should be made by the respondents so as to accommodate these students to avoid further complexities. On March 13, the respondents produced the report of Assistant Police Commissioner Police, Bhopal which made it clear that they failed to retrieve the data of CCTV cameras installed in the office of MPNRC. Thereafter, the Court directed the MPNRC/MPMSU to produce the original files related to grant of recognition to the unsuited colleges categorised by the CBI so as to ascertain under what circumstances recognitions were granted by the authorities ignoring the defects which were pointed out by the CBI and also to determine the individual accountability of the erring officers in committing such an illegality.