New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Nepali students pursuing medical degrees at Indian government medical colleges have not received their stipends for years. Despite international practice of providing medical students with monthly stipends, over 150 students studying in New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh and Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Pondicherry have not been paid, according to students.

The student doctors had even filed a case at the Delhi High Court in 2011, which ruled in their favour two years later. But AIIMS challenged the ruling and took the matter to a double judge bench. As the case ...