PBT president Dr. Kunal Saha appeared in-person and received a “leave” from the only division bench functioning during the puja vacation in Calcutta High Court to file an urgent writ petition (PIL) yesterday (October 27) seeking immediate intervention by the court to stop the more than 2-week long “doctors’ strike” that has crippled regular medical …
Month: October 2021
The Special Court for MLAs/MPs charged with a criminal offense held West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) president and recently elected MLA from the ruling Trinomool-Congress (TMC) party prima facie guilty for criminal defamation (under Indian Penal Code section 500) and ordered him to stand trial starting November 20, 2021. PBT president Dr. Kunal Saha filed …
Ethics section of National Medical Commission (NMC), highest medical regulatory authority in India, sent a letter this week to the Ministry of Health and PBT recommending new guidelines for arrest of a doctor under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 304A (“criminal negligence”). The Apex Court passed a historic judgment in 2005 in Jacob Mathews v. …
