Dr Apporva S Reshme v. Government of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Doctors contesting compulsory service were permitted to file independent writ petitions challenging the Act and Rules and seeking individual relief. The appeals were disposed of without deciding those challenges. Delay and laches would not arise, and protection against compulsory joining was continued for six weeks.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to file independent writ petitions without delay-and-laches objection; protection against compulsory-service joining continued for six weeks.