{"id":9690,"date":"2011-03-29T01:07:53","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T19:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=9690"},"modified":"2011-03-29T01:07:53","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T19:37:53","slug":"ketan-desais-election-to-gujarat-university-senate-challenged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ketan-desais-election-to-gujarat-university-senate-challenged","title":{"rendered":"Ketan Desai&#8217;s election to Gujarat University senate challenged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ketan-Desai.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9691\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ketan-desais-election-to-gujarat-university-senate-challenged\/ketan-desai-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/03\/Ketan-Desai.jpg?fit=195%2C259&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"195,259\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ketan Desai\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/03\/Ketan-Desai.jpg?fit=112%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/03\/Ketan-Desai.jpg?fit=188%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9691\" title=\"Ketan Desai\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ketan-Desai.jpg?resize=195%2C259&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/03\/Ketan-Desai.jpg?w=195&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/03\/Ketan-Desai.jpg?resize=112%2C150&amp;ssl=1 112w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/03\/Ketan-Desai.jpg?resize=188%2C250&amp;ssl=1 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court Monday issued notice on a petition by an NGO challenging the election of Ketan Desai, a former president of the Medical Council of India (MCI), to the Gujarat University senate.<\/p>\n<p>The petition was filed by People For Better Treatment (PBT) president Kunal Saha.<\/p>\n<p>Desai was removed from the MCI last year over allegations of &#8220;professional misconduct&#8221; and corruption. His medical registration was also suspended by the MCI.<\/p>\n<p>An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly issued notice after it was told that Desai could not be elected to the university senate on a post reserved for a registered medical practitioner.<\/p>\n<p>The court said it would appoint a lawyer to assist it in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner has challenged a Gujarat High Court order dismissing his plea on the ground that being a non-resident Indian (NRI) he was not entitled to move the court and invoke public interest.<\/p>\n<p>The high court also imposed a cost of Rs.10,000 on petitioner Saha. His NGO is based in Kolkota and he is settled in America.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing for the petitioner, senior counsel M.N. Krishnamani told the court that if Saha&#8217;s stakes in the matter were in question then the court could appoint a lawyer to decide the controversial election of Desai to the Gujarat University senate.<\/p>\n<p>The high court while dismissing Saha&#8217;s petition said he has not established his credential or bonafide for pursuing the case.<\/p>\n<p>The high court held that Saha had not shown how he was associated with the field of medical education.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner told the apex court that Desai was caught by the CBI for allegedly taking a bribe April 23, 2010. Subsequently, the MCI with its 100 members and Desai as its president was dissolved and replaced by a six-member board of governors.<\/p>\n<p>Desai was elected president of MCI in 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court Monday issued notice on a petition by an NGO challenging the election of Ketan Desai, a former president of the Medical Council of India (MCI), to the Gujarat University senate. The petition was filed by People For Better Treatment (PBT) president Kunal Saha. 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