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College bungles admission dates, blames it on swine flu
Updated On: 16 May, 2012 06:58 AM IST | | Samarth Moray
Medical student moves court after board negates his enrollment in institute since he was admitted after deadline; institute ascribes mix-up to swine flu; HC calls it a 'lame excuse'
A Mazgaon-based medical student, whose enrollment in a Pune institute was hanging in the balance after the board nullified it saying that the institute admitted him after the cut-off date, received some relief from the High Court last week, which chided the institute for the goof-up.u00a0The court snubbed the institute’s justification that it admitted the 28-year-old afterward since it could not get any candidates within the deadline set by the board due to the swine flu panic.u00a0

‘Degree’ of uncertainty: The Bombay High Court ultimately dismissed the petition, observing possibility of ‘mutual adjustment’. file picu00a0
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