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Expressing deep concern over the ongoing plight of medical practioners where they are facing attacks in line of duty, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana on Saturday said

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions from the Central government to prevent attacks on doctors and healthcare workers by relatives of patients and others to ensure adequate security at hospitals and medical centres across the country.

Amid Pandemic’s another wave the Foreign National Doctor’s at AIIMS, New Delhi are still kept aside with respect to facilities like non payment of stipends, health care facility (Employee Health Scheme).

However, after the court noted that Centre has no role in recruitment of doctors at IHBAS, the court deleted it from the memo of parties.

A constitution bench of Justice Arun Mishra, Justice Indra Banerjee, Justice Vineet Saran, Justice M. R. Shah & Justice Aniruddha Bose has held that the MCI regulation allowing in-service reservation is unconstitutional. That power belongs to the state.

A judge of the Orissa High Court has ordered medical practitioners to write “legible” prescriptions, preferably in capital letters

Supreme Court today disposed of the petition filed by Dr Arushi Jain, seeking separate residential facilities, closer to hospitals, for doctors treating patients affected by the novel Coronavirus & better health facilities for frontline workers and granted liberty to petitioners to approach the Delhi HC.

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to place before the Court, the guidelines and the Standard Operating Procedure issued by the State for disposal of PPE kits being used in wake of COVID-19.

The Orissa High Court has advised doctors to write the names of drugs prescribed in capital letters or in a legible manner to help in easily deciphering them, their doses, strength, and also the frequency of use.

The Tripura High Court has directed the state police to record statements and conduct an identification parade (TI) to identify persons who had attacked West Tripura district surveillance officer Sangita Chakraborty