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If the standards can be prescribed by the Council, regulations can be framed for that purpose and which regulations may incorporate appropriate clauses and provisions so as to deal with the cases of professional misconduct or infamous conduct, then, notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the 27 of 58 WP.11429.2012 time being in force, the Council can act in terms of Section 20A of the IMC Act so as to deal with the specific instances and particular cases. Pertinently, the application of the Regulations is not questioned but the ambit and scope of its clauses. To our mind, a harmonious reading of these clauses or paras would demonstrate that the Council can as a supreme or apex body proceed against every doctor, medical practitioner and teacher if his/her conduct is infamous or he/she has committed a professional misconduct. The profession of medicine encompasses its practice, teaching and administration. The performance and conduct of a professional must be such as would not only prove his/her skills and competence but must show that he is truly worthy of the respect of students, patients and general public. He must earn it by his exemplary qualities and nobility. Hence, in all capacities the professional is accountable to his peers and the society.