PU Debars 3 Students with Forged Medical Certificates

While strengthening its vigilance over the examination system, Panjab University has of late taken stringent measures so as to increase mandatory attendance in the class and stop any malpractices in the examination. The University has set up a special committee to look into the matter.

In a recent incident, Panjab University stopped three students from appearing in the ongoing semester examinations for purportedly submitting medical certificates which were forged so as to meet the mandatory requirement of short attendance in the class.

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Out of these three students, one belonged to Dr. HS Judge Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital and rest of the two were from Panjab University Regional Centre, Ludhiana. These students are from the below mentioned streams -

• BDS
• BA LLB
• MBA

The Unversity has taken such stringent measures for the first time in order to set an example for other students and to make them aware of maintaining their attendance in the class. Now, these debarred students have to attend their classes again and appear in the internal examination to qualify for their semester examination.

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To inquire into the forged medical certificates, a special committee was set up by the University, that recommended getting cases registered against these erring students. After its inquiry, the committee had submitted its report to the Dean of University Instructions - Dr. Dinesh Gupta. Nandita Singh, the Chairperson of the Special Committee, said that the doctors concerned had not signed the medical certificates and they have given in writing to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the committee.

After examining the statement given by the doctors in writing that medical certifications in question were not signed by them, the special committee came to the decision that the documents were fake. After that, they forwarded the report to the Vice-Chancellor of the University for further action.