Madras High Court
Saveetha Medical College & Hospital vs Government Of India on 9 August, 2023
Author: P.D.Audikesavalu
Bench: Sanjay V.Gangapurwala, P.D.Audikesavalu
WP No.7617 of 2017
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 09.08.2023
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR.SANJAY V.GANGAPURWALA , CHIEF JUSTICE
AND
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE P.D.AUDIKESAVALU
WP No.7617 of 2017
Saveetha Medical College & Hospital,
(Saveetha University)
rep. By its Dean : Petitioner
versus
1.Government of India,
rep. By its Secretary,
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,
Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi 110011
2.The Medical Council of India,
rep. By its Secretary (I/c)
Pocket 14, Sector 8,
Dwaraka Phase-1, New Delhi 110077
3.The State of Tamil Nadu,
rep. By its Secretary,
Health & Family Welfare Department,
Fort St.George, Chennai 600 009
4.The Director of Medical Education,
No.162, Poonamallee High Road,
Kilpauk, Chennai 10 : Respondents
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WP No.7617 of 2017
Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for
issuance of a Writ of Declaration declaring the Regulation 9A of the
Postgraduate Medical Education Regulation, 2000 as amended by the
Postgraduate Medication Education (Amendment) Regulations, 2017
through notification of 2nd respondent Medical Council of India dated
10.03.2017 and published in the Gazette of India dated 11.03.2017
as unconstitutional and violative of Art.19(1)(g) of the Constitution of
India.
For the Petitioner : Mr.P.Navaneethakrishnan
For the Respondents : Mr.J.Madana Gopal Rao, SCCG
for the first respondent
Mr.P.Muthukumar,
State Government Pleader,
for respondents 3 and 4
Ms.Shubharanjani Ananth,
for the second respondent
ORDER
(Made by the Hon'ble Chief Justice) Learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions, submits that the prayer made in the Writ Petition has become infructuous.
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2. In light of that, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous.
There will be no order as to costs. Consequently, WMP Nos.8317 and 8322 of 2017 are closed.
(S.V.G., CJ.) (P.D.A., J.)
09.08.2023
Index : Yes/No
Neutral Citation : Yes/No
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To
1.The Secretary,
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi 110011
2.The Secretary (I/c) Medical Council of India, Pocket 14, Sector 8, Dwaraka Phase-1, New Delhi 110077
3.The Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department, Fort St.George, Chennai 600 009
4.The Director of Medical Education, No.162, Poonamallee High Road, Kilpauk, Chennai 10 Page 3 of 4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No.7617 of 2017 THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE AND P.D.AUDIKESAVALU, J.
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