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Judgments
Regulation of private practice by govt. doctors is subject matter of separate Rules, circular issued under J&K Govt. Employees (Conduct) Rules 1971 not applicable to govt. doctors(21.10.2016)
A Writ Petition was instituted in public interest before High Court of Jammu and Kashmir by Respondents seeking to challenge a Circular dated 11 Augus.....
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News
Central Government Introduces Ordinance Making Attacks on Doctors Non-Bailable Offence(22.04.2020)
Central Government has decided to introduce an Ordinance to amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to make attacks on doctors and healthcare workers a .....
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Karnataka HC: Doctors Wanting to Pursue PG Courses Cannot be Made to Serve Bond of Five Years(27.04.2020)
Karnataka High Court has directed the Employees State Insurance Corporation, Medical College and Hospital to release the transfer certificates of doct.....
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Central Government Lowers Employee, Employer’s EPF Outgo(14.05.2020)
Central Government has lowered the statutory contribution by both employee and employer to the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) to 10% each of the empl.....
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Patna HC Warns Govt. Doctors of Contempt If Illegal Strike Not Called Off(26.08.2020)
Patna High Court has directed the doctors' associations in the State and each one of the members of these associations, besides other persons discharg.....
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Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt to Release Grant for Payment of Salaries of Resident Doctors(29.07.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to issue grant in aid to the North Delhi Municipal Corporation within 15 days for the payment of st.....
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Karnataka HC Directs Govt to Constitute Expert Team of Doctors to Inspect Hospitals(17.07.2020)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to immediately constitute an expert committee of doctors which would inspect and supervise hosp.....
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Rajasthan High Court Slams State Govt over Vacant Posts in Medical Fraternities(11.01.2017)
Rajasthan High Court has slammed State Government over vacant posts of doctors, paramedical staff and professors in hospitals and medical colleges, sa.....
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SC Permits Accused Doctors to Re-Enter College and Resume Studies(09.10.2020)
Supreme Court has permitted the doctors accused of abetting the suicide of Dr.Payal Tadavi to re-enter the College and the Hospital to pursue their co.....
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Madras HC Asks Health Secretary to Resolve v Issue Within Time Frame(08.01.2019)
Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu health secretary to resolve government doctors’ pay parity issue within a time frame.
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Karnataka High Court Extends Interim Relief to PG Doctors(26.11.2020)
Karnataka High Court has extended the interim relief till 30th November, 2020 directing state government not to insist the 281 PG Doctors to join thei.....
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SC: Junior Resident Doctors in ESIC-Hospitals Cannot Claim 50% In-Service Quota for PG Courses(25.07.2022)
Supreme Court has held that Junior Resident Doctors serving in Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) run hospitals as part of their bond period .....
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Issue Rules for Registering Case Against Doctors: Madras HC(12.02.2019)
Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu Government to inform the guidelines framed through a government order, which should be strictly followed whi.....
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Karnataka HC Extends Interim Relief to PG Doctors Till Nov 23(12.11.2020)
Karnataka High Court has extended till 23rd November, 2020, the interim relief granted directing state government not to insist PG Doctors should join.....
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Madras HC Dismisses Plea to Ban Private Practice of Government Doctors(03.10.2016)
Madras HC has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking a direction to State Government and Tamil Nadu Medical Council to ban private practice of.....
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Karnataka HC Directs AG in Appeal Challenging 1-Year Mandatory Service for PG Doctors(23.10.2020)
Karnataka High Court has directed the Advocate General to appear and address the Court on an appeal challenging the compulsory one year urban service .....
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Rajasthan HC: Ayurvedic Doctors Entitled to Continue Service Till Completion of Age of 62 Years(27.07.2022)
Rajasthan High Court while considering petition challenging difference in age of superannuation of Allopathic and Ayurvedic doctors, has held that Ayu.....
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SC Asks Centre to Consider Giving a Break to Doctors in Service During Pandemic(16.12.2020)
Supreme Court has asked the Centre to consider providing a break to doctors who have been consistently serving at the frontline during the pandemic.
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Bombay High Court to Centre: Why Doctors Being Restricted From Going Abroad(24.08.2015)
Bombay High Court has issued notices to the Centre and the Medical Council of India on a writ petition challenging the move to stop issuing NORI (No O.....
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Bombay HC: Take Action Against Doctors Refusing to Show Up in Tribal Belt(23.12.2022)
Bombay High Court while expressing urgent need for deterrent action against doctors failing to take up postings in malnutrition-ridden tribal areas ha.....
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NCDRC: Doctors Not Liable for Negligence as Long as They Follow Acceptable Practices(28.12.2022)
National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has held that as long as doctor follows practice acceptable to the medical profession of that d.....
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Ker. HC: Doctor Can’t be Held Negligent Merely if Patient Didn't Respond Favorably to Treatment(06.02.2023)
Kerala High Court while observing that there is always the chance that the treatment does not go as planned, has held that when things go wrong, it is.....
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Bombay High Court Seeks State's Action Plan to Improve Resident Doctors Working Condition(30.03.2017)
Bombay High Court has directed Maharashtra Government to file a report indicating how it proposes to improve deplorable working and living conditions .....
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CIVIL - Set Up Panel to Monitor Doctors: Madras HC(14.03.2019)
Madras High Court has suggested to state government to constitute a monitoring committee to supervise attendance and assess performance of its doctors.....
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Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs Centre to Frame Rules For Appointment of Doctors, Paramedics(22.02.2017)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to give one year time to Union Government to frame rules for appointment of doctors, specialists and other categ.....
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Bom. HC to State: Take Strict Action Against Doctors Not Joining Duty in Tribal Regions(20.01.2023)
Bombay High Court has directed State to take stern action against the doctors who do not join posts in tribal areas which have high number of child de.....
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Bombay High Court to State: Don’t Take Punitive Actions Against Resident Doctors(24.03.2017)
Bombay High Court has directed State and BMC not to take any punitive action against resident doctors who were on mass leave if they resume and asked .....
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Doctors Still Not Ready to Serve in Rural Areas: Madras HC(01.04.2019)
Madras High Court has observed that even after 70 years of independence, doctors continue to avoid serving in rural areas and several methods tried ou.....
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Bombay High Court Asks State to Form Panel to Solve Resident Doctors’ Issue(25.04.2017)
Bombay High Court has directed State to set up a high-powered committee to resolve issues of resident doctors.
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Delhi High Court Calls For Status Report on Security Provisions for Doctors, Nurses, Staffs(04.05.2017)
Delhi High Court, while taking suo motu cognisance of increasing incidents of violence against doctors in pulic hospitals, has sought for status repo.....
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SC: No Rational Justification for Different Age of Retirement for Doctors Practicing Different System(04.08.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that there is no rational justification for different age of retirement for doctors practicing AYUSH system of medicines an.....
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SC: Allopathy Doctors and Doctors of Indigenous Medicine Can’t be Said to be Performing Equal Work(27.04.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that Court can’t assess relative merits of two systems of medical sciences, has held that in today’s time practitioners .....
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Calcutta High Court Declines to Pass Interim Order on Doctors’ Strike(14.06.2019)
Calcutta High Court has declined to pass any interim order on the strike by junior doctors at state-run hospitals in protest against the attack on two.....
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Calcutta High Court Asks 'Striking' Doctors to Reconcile(17.06.2019)
Calcutta High Court has refused to issue any specified directions in a PIL filed against ongoing doctors' strike in West Bengal and reminded the 'stri.....
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Madhya Pradesh High Court Declares Strike by Junior Doctors Association as Illegal(07.06.2021)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has declared the strike by the Junior Doctors Association (JUDA) in the State as illegal while noting that they have chosen .....
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Kerala High Court: If Doctors Can't Be Protected, Shut Down All Hospitals(11.05.2023)
Kerala High Court while slamming State & police over doctor’s murder by patient that came for check up, stated that if doctors can't be protected, shu.....
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Supreme Court Rejects Petition Seeking Directions for Safety, Security of Doctors in Govt Hospitals(29.07.2019)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a petition seeking direction for safety and security of doctors in government hospitals across the country.
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Uttarakhand High Court to Doctors: Serve in Remote Areas or Return Fee Subsidy with Interest(02.08.2019)
Uttarakhand High Court has ordered a section of MBBS degree holders from the government medical colleges to either serve in state's remote areas for f.....
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When Did the Centre Recruit Doctors in Hospitals Last? Delhi High Court Asks(23.08.2017)
Delhi High Court has expressed dissatisfaction with the Centre’s report that the number of doctors in its hospitals had seen a massive increase in the.....
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Karnataka High Court Asks Doctors to Withdraw Indefinite Stir(17.11.2017)
Karnataka High Court has asked private hospital doctors, who are agitating against amendments to an act governing them, to immediately withdraw their .....
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Orissa HC: Few Doctors Acting Merely for Pecuniary Advantage Malign the Noble Profession(18.08.2023)
Orissa High Court while observing that no sensible professional would intentionally commit an act or omit to do an act which would result in loss of l.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice to Govt., Others on Doctors' Strike(04.02.2016)
Delhi HC has issued notice to Government and others regarding an indefinite strike by municipal doctors and nurses since January 29 and also sought re.....
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Calcutta HC Directs Health Secretary to Meet Protesting Medical Students and Junior Doctors(26.10.2021)
Calcutta High Court has directed the Health Secretary of the West Bengal government to meet protesting medical students and junior doctors of the R.G......
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Madras HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Disproportionate Reservation For In-Service Doctors(01.11.2021)
Madras High Court has issued notice in a petition challenging the extent of reservation granted to in-service doctors under the prospectus for admissi.....
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Bombay HC: Services Rendered By Doctors in Lieu of Fees Fall Under Consumer Protection Act, 2019(08.11.2021)
Bombay High Court has held that services performed by healthcare service providers in lieu of fees/charges would fall within the purview of the Consum.....
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Rajasthan HC Lifts Restrictions on Action Against Striking Doctors(26.12.2017)
Rajasthan High Court has asked state government to take necessary action against striking doctors and remarked that “Doctors cannot go on strike. The .....
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NCDRC Imposes Fine of Rs 64 Lakh on Delhi Hospital, Doctors for Negligence(16.05.2016)
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has imposed fine of Rs 64 lakh on a Delhi-based private hospital and three of its doctors for.....
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Bombay HC Pulls Up Doctors and Orders Them to to Immediately Call Off Indefinite Strike(11.04.2016)
Bombay HC has pulled up doctors and asked them to immediately call off the indefinite strike they were on from April 3 and resume work. The strike was.....
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Madras HC Takes Suo Motu Case on Cartel of Doctors, Pharma Companies and Diagnostic Labs(15.01.2020)
Madras High Court has observed that the cartel of doctors, pharma companies and diagnostic laboratories are fleecing the patients by overpricing the d.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice Seeking Appointment of Doctors in Government Run Hospitals(24.11.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation seeking immediate appointment of adequate number of doctors including paramedical s.....
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Supreme Court Issues Notice on Plea Challenging 18% GST on DNB Doctors' Fee(24.08.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea filed by Association of DNB Doctors against the imposition of 18% GST on fee deposited by DNB Candidates.
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Kerala HC Directs State to Ensure All Steps Taken to Provide Protection to Doctors, Nurses(27.08.2021)
Kerala High Court has directed the State government to ensure that all steps are taken to provide adequate and effective protection to those manning t.....
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SC Dismisses Plea Challenging Judgment that Ayurved & Allopathy Doctors not Entitled to Equal Pay(03.11.2023)
Supreme Court has dismissed the petition challenging the Court’s judgment in State of Gujarat v. Dr. PA Bhatt (MANU/SC/0461/2023; 2023/INSC/434) which.....
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Madras HC: Doctors Have No Right to Go on Strike/Boycott Under Any Circumstances(02.03.2020)
Madras High Court has observed that Doctors do not have the right to go on strike/boycott under any circumstances since they are directly dealing with.....
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SC: IMA Cautioned With Regard to Unethical Practices by its Members(24.04.2024)
SC while hearing contempt case against Patanjali Ayurved over misleading advertisements, has cautioned Indian Medical Association (IMA) over unethical.....
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Delhi HC Directs Govt to Deploy Doctors & Sanitation Workers in Mustafabad Camp for Riot Victims(24.03.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Government to ensure that adequate health care facilities are ensured in the Eidgah Old Mustafabad Camp, a place s.....
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Rajasthan High Court: Reinstate Ayurvedic Doctors Who Haven’t Attained 62 Years of Age(01.03.2024)
Rajasthan High Court has directed that those ayurvedic doctors who have been superannuated on attaining the age of 60 years but have not completed the.....
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Delhi High Court: Long Duty Hours of Doctors Need to be Changed(26.04.2018)
Delhi High Court has questioned the need for doctors to be on duty for 24 hours or more and said that it should be changed.
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SC: Pharmaceutical Companies Gifting Freebies to Doctors is Prohibited by Law(23.02.2022)
Supreme Court held that pharmaceutical companies gifting freebies to doctors is prohibited by law and they cannot claim it as a deduction under Sectio.....
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