India, Oct. 27 -- The Bombay High Court recently dismissed the petition of a 27-year-old student who couldn't complete his Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) in nine years as per the course's rules. While the student claimed that he had taken gap years since he could not pay the fees, the court held that extending the time limit for the course would make the rules of the course meaningless.

The student, Ashish Shyamkumar Nair, had begun studying the dental surgery course at the YMT Dental College, Kharghar in 2016. As per the Dental Council of India Regulations, in nine years a student is expected to complete the course's 16 semesters and an internship, but the college records showed that Nair had appeared only for 13 semester exams in tha...