Chennai, July 03: The Madras High Court today issued notice to the Tamil Nadu Government on a petition by agitating medical students seeking a hike in their stipends and to forebear the authorities concerned from evicting them from their respective hostels.
A Division Bench comprising Justice D Murugesan and Justice K Venkataraman admitted the petition filed by Tamil Nadu Non-Service Medical and Dental Post Graduates Association and Compulsory Residential Rotatory Internship(CRRI) Association.
Claiming that they had been peacefully agitating for the hike since February last, they said on July 1 last Deans of medical colleges in the state, under instructions of the state government, pasted a notice in the hostel asking the students to vacate their rooms immediately.
–PTI