By Our Legal Correspondent
Kochi, July 25 (IVC) A Division Bench of Honorable High Court of Kerala has asked the Central Government here on July 24 to inform it whether any decision has been taken on establishment of an AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) in the State.
The Bench made the comments when a petition filed by the AIIMS Kasargode Janakeeya Koottayma (Kasargode People’s Consensus) against the State government’s decision to set apart the land owned by the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) in Kinaloor, Kozhikode District for the proposed AIIMS came up for hearing.
The petitioners said that Kasargod district was the most suitable location to set up AIIMS. The bank orally observed that it was the responsibility of the elected officials to decide on the establishment of AIIMS in the State.