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MMC to consider petition on crosspathy post elections scheduled for Dec 18 this year
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Shardul Nautiyal, Mumbai
September 01 , 2016
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Even as Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) is set to go for election on
December 18, 2016 based on the state government notification ahead of
submitting the schedule of elections to the Bombay High Court (HC), the
quasi-judicial body has decided to take up cases related to crosspathy
post MMC elections which will take three months time.
MMC and the
Medical Council of India (MCI) had petitioned a month ago to the Bombay
HC in opposition to crosspathy practised in the state wherein Ayurveda
and Homoeopathy practitioners are allowed to prescribe allopathy
medicines which is not in accordance with the MMC Act.
With the
recently dissolved MMC looking at a revival with notification of
elections in December this year, the petition on crosspathy will be
considered and decision on the same will be taken by the newly formed
council based on the court proceedings post-elections. The petition on
crosspathy was submitted along with the petition on notifying elections
this year almost four months ago.
The notification on elections
has come as a welcome surprise for MMC in view of the fact that its
administration was not running effectively as the present Council's
five year tenure got over on May 21, 2016.
Now since the
elections have been notified, the council will decide the future course
of action on pending petition on crosspathy in the HC after the
elections are over. The council had come to a standstill after a
committee appointed by the state government had found fault in its
functioning. The council had also raised objection on the appointment of
an administrator Dr Abhay Chowdhary in a unilateral manner by the state
government.
Nine members will be elected to the council which
essentially comprises 18 members, out of which five will be appointed by
the government. It will also have a member of the Maharashtra
University of Health Sciences (MUHS).
MMC, the quasi judicial
body representing 83,000 doctors in the state, had sent two letters on
notifying elections in the month of April and May this year but didn’t
get any response from the state government.
MMC had also remained
defunct from 1998 to 2010 following a Bombay High Court order that
suspended it due to irregularities in the election of members and
maintenance of register which led to the backlog of over 600 cases which
are now with the council since it took over in 2012 after being defunct
for 12 years.
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