When Maharashtra Medical Council election will be held, asks Bombay HC

While hearing a PIL challenging appointment of an administrator to the council, the Bombay High Court asked the Maharashtra government to specify when the elections to constitute the governing body of the Maharashtra Medical Council will be held. The next hearing in this matter is scheduled for March 15, 2023.

A division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Acting Chief Justice Sanjay V Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep V Marne heard a PIL by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) which challenged the appointment of an administrator to the council. The bench asked the Maharashtra government to specify when the elections to constitute the governing body of the Maharashtra Medical Council will be held.

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IMA seeking to set aside a notification dated October 8, 2022, issued by the state Medical Education and Drugs Department allegedly exercising powers conferred by Section 31 of the Maharashtra Medical Council Act, 1965 to appoint Dr Pallavi Saple, Dean, Grant Government Medical College and Sir J J Group of Hospital, Mumbai, as an administrator of the MMC for a period of one year, as reported by Indian Express.

IMA had written to the state government seeking elections to be conducted for MMC. However, no imperative action was initiated by the government following which the PIL was filed, said IMA's counsel Aniket Mokashi.

The PIL sought directions for the state government to conduct elections for MMC among registered practitioners, nominate five members as per Section 3(3)(a) of the 1965 law, and constitute MMC in a time-bound manner.

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