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Dr.D.C.Agarwal & Anr. v. National Medical Commission & Anr.

Delhi HC23 Sept 2024W.P.(C)/13392/2024

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Petitioners challenged removal from State Medical Register by Delhi Medical Council, seeking stay. Court noted adequate remedy exists via Ethics and Medical Registration Board for interim relief, directing Board to decide before order's effective date, without examining merits.

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Petiter at liberty to file application for interim stay before Ethics and Medical Registration Board, NMC; Petition disposed with direction to Board to decide before 9th November 2024.

Dr.D.C.Agarwal & Anr. Vs National Medical… — Pension and Retirement Benefits | Delhi HC (2024)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 13392/2024 & CM APPL. 56010/2024

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DR.D.C. AGARWAL & ANR.

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.....Petitioners

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Through: Mr. Rajesh Kabir, Mr. Yogesh Kr. Meena, Ms. Lisa Singh, Advocates with Petitioners in person

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versus

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NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. T. Singhdev, Advocate for R-1 Mr. Praveen Khattar, Advocate for R- 2

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

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O R D E R

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% 23.09.2024

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The present petition assails order dated 10^th September, 2024,¹ passed by Respondent No. 2, Delhi Medical Council, whereby Petitioners’ name on the State Medical Register of Delhi Medical Council was removed for a period of 365 days each. As specified in the impugned order, the direction for removal would come into effect after 60 days from the date of the order, i.e., on 9^th November, 2024.

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On 17^th September, 2024, the Petitioners preferred an appeal against the impugned order before the Ethics and Medical Registration Board, National Medical Commission, Dwarka.²

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1 “the impugned order”

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2 “NMC”

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W.P.(C) 13392/2024

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This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 30/09/2024 at 12:54:50

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The Petitioners’ have invoked the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 seeking a stay of the impugned order, till the appeal is decided by the NMC.

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Counsel for Petitioners argues that the appeal is not likely to be decided in the near future and the Petitioners will suffer irreparable loss if stay is not granted. Since, the NMC does not have any power to grant interim orders, the appeal filed before the NMC will become infructuous. To this effect, the Petitioners have placed reliance on the decision of the High Court of Judicature of Bombay, Nagpur Bench, in Dr. Ashok s/o Shrawan Bawaskar v. The National Medical Commission and Ors .³

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Having considered the afore-noted facts and contentions, in the opinion of the Court, in order to establish a prima facie case for grant of interim relief, the Petitioners must urge their grievances before the NMC. 6. Moreover, in the afore-noted case, the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench has observed that the power to grant interim relief pending consideration of an appeal under Section 30(3) of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 is available with Ethics and Medical Registration Board of NMC. This position is also confirmed by Mr. T. Singhdev, counsel representing NMC.

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In view of the foregoing, in the opinion of the Court, since there exists an adequate alternative remedy to urge for interim relief before the Ethics and Medical Registration Board, the Court finds no ground to entertain the present petition. Moreover, since the impugned order of Delhi Medical Council would come into effect on 9^th November, 2024, the Petitioners have

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3 Writ Petition No. 589/2021 decided on 6th April, 2022

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W.P.(C) 13392/2024

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sufficient time to make a request for interim relief before the Ethics and Medical Registration Board. Thus, the Petitioner is at liberty to file an application seeking interim stay of the impugned order.

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In light of the above, the present petition is disposed of with a direction that the Ethics and Medical Registration Board, National Medical Commission, shall consider the Petitioners’ application and decide the same, in accordance with law, before the impugned order of Delhi Medical Council comes into effect i.e. before 9^th November, 2024.

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It is made clear that the Court has not examined the merits of the case. All rights and contentions of the parties are left open.

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With the above directions, the present petition, along with pending applications, if any, is disposed of.

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SANJEEV NARULA, J

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024/ab

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W.P.(C) 13392/2024

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 30/09/2024 at 12:54:50

Dr.D.C.Agarwal & Anr. v. National Medical Commission & Anr.

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