The chief justice of Gujarat High Court, Mr. S.J. Mukhopadhaya, has just published the judgment dismissing PBT’s PIL against the election of Dr. Ketan Desai to the Gujart University Senate (read judgment here Gujrat HC Judgment (WP PIL 15-2010). The HC dismissed the PIL because PBT’s president, Dr. Kunal Saha, is a non-resident Indian (NRI). …
Month: December 2010
On the occasion of the 9th Anniversary of PBT, a historic public rally was held today (Dec. 30) at Metro Channel in Kolkata where many victims of “medical negligence” attended coming from distant places. A PBT delegation met with the West Bengal Governor, Mr. M.K. Narayanan, and delivered a memorandum demanding immediate disbandment of the …
A historic public rally will be held on 30th December, 2010 (Thursday) at 2 PM at the “Metro Channel” (across Metro Cinema) in Kolkata on the occasion of the 9th Anniversary of the “People for Better Treatment” (PBT). The main theme for this public rally will be a call for immediate disbandment of the West …
The Gujarat High Court has dismissed the PIL filed by PBT challenging the dubious election of tainted ex-president of MCI, Dr. Ketan Desai, to the Gujarat University (GU) Senate. The HC has also imposed a cost of Rs. 10,000 against PBT for filing a PIL without any “public interest”. More shockingly, the HC has dismissed the …
The division bench of Gujarat High Court presided by chief justice Mr. S. J. Mukhopadhaya dismissed PIL filed by the PBT challenging the illegal election of tainted ex-head of MCI, Dr. Ketan Desai to the Gujarat University Senate. The HC also imposed a cost of Rs. 10,000 because it felt that there was no “public interest” involved …
Open Discussion on the atrocious “Rural Health Regulatory Authority Bill, 2009” on December 20th, 3:00 pm at Calcutta Press Club. People for Better Treatment has already a PIL against this anti-patient bill.
PBT has sent a memorandum to the Prime Minister urging him to remove former chief justice of India (CJI), K.G. Balakrishnan, as the head of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). A sitting Supreme Court judge has accused that as the head of the Apex Court in 2009, Justice Balakrishnan deliberately suppressed the name of …
Ordinary people must take heart that the Supreme Court has stood by their earlier indictment of the Allahabad High Court that “some is rotten” there. The last chief justice of India (CJI), K.G. Balakrishnan, has also been linked by a sitting Apex Court justice with the 2G-scam and tainted union minister, A. Raja. Ironically, while …
The Ethics Committee of the newly formed Medical Council of India (MCI) deliberated on two high-profile cases on December 8, 2010. The first case involves two “eminent” Kolkata doctors, medicine specialist Dr. Sukumar Mukherjee and dermatologist Dr. Baidyanath Halder, who were already found guilty for “medical negligence” (for the death of US-based child psychologist, Anuradha Saha) by the Supreme Court while the …
Challenging the unlawful election of Dr. Ketan Desai in the Gujarat University (GU) Senate, PBT today (Dec. 10) has filed a PIL in Gujarat High Court against corrupt Dr. Desai and GU Vice-chancellor, Mr. Parimal Tripathi as well as the Gujarat Government all of whom have remained silent supporter to this illegal election of Dr. …