Now, law student wants three more gold medals

VADODARA: Remember Muniruddin Shaikh? The law student whose name was first dropped by M S University from the list of gold medalist was later conferred a gold medal during last year's annual convocation.
Ahead of MSU's 60th annual convocation scheduled on December 17, Shaikh is once again running from pillar to post. This time he is claiming that instead of four gold medals that MSU should confer upon him, the university officials have considered him only for one gold medal.
Shaikh who has just completed LLB (special) this academic year with first class and obtained highest number of marks as a regular student says his name has been dropped as another student, who is not regular, has scored three marks more than him.
MSU's Faculty of Law has decided not to award three medals to either of them. But Shaikh says that like last year, when his name was added in the list of gold medalist, MSU should re-consider and add his name in the list of three other gold medals.
Advocate and senate member Kamal Pandya, submitted a memorandum to MSU vice-chancellor professor Yogesh Singh on Tuesday requesting that the student's name should be added in the list of gold medalist.
According to Pandya, the conditions to confer three other gold medals are clear. "For eligibility for these three gold medals the student should be securing the highest number of marks and should be regular throughout three year and passed each semester at the first attempt," Pandya says, adding that as the other student who has scored 635 marks is not a regular one, the three gold medals should go to Shaikh, who has scored 632 marks as a regular student.
Last year too ahead of the 59th annual convocation, MSU had added Shaikh's name in the list of gold medalist at last moment. Shaikh had got 67 marks in the subject of Hindu law in third semester but as another girl, who had not appeared as a regular student, had obtained 70 marks, the faculty had not considered either of them for the gold medal. It was after the then vice-chancellor professor Ramesh Goyal intervened that Shaikh was added in the list of gold medalists.