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The Income Tax Act, 1961
Max Hospital, Pitampura vs Medical Council Of India on 10 January, 2014
Interestingly, the scope of the
applicability of the MCI regulations was looked into by the Hon‟ble High Court
of Delhi in the case of Max Hospital, Pitampura Vs. Medical Council of India
(CWP No. 1334/2013, dated 10.01.2014). In the aforementioned case the
MCI had filed an „Affidavit‟ before the High Court, wherein it was deposed by
the council that its jurisdiction is limited only to take action against the
registered medical professionals under the Indian Medical Council
(Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002, and it has no
jurisdiction to pass any order affecting the rights/interest of the petitioner
hospital. We are of the considered view that on the basis of the aforesaid
deposition of MCI that its jurisdiction stands restricted to the registered
medical professionals, it can safely be concluded that the MCI regulations
would in no way impinge on the functioning of the assessee company which is
engaged in the business of manufacturing and sale of pharmaceutical and
allied products. We thus, in the backdrop of our aforesaid deliberations are of
the considered view that the code of conduct enshrined in the MCI regulations
are solely meant to be followed and adhered by medical practitioners/doctors,
and such a regulation or code of conduct would not cover the pharmaceutical
company or healthcare sector in any manner.
Section 21 in The Income Tax Act, 1961 [Entire Act]
Suo-Moto Case No. 01/2010 (In Re: Sugar ... vs 2.2.1 National Federation Of ... on 30 November, 2011
5. The asessee being aggrieved with the order of the CIT(A) has carried
the matter in appeal before us. The ld. Authorized Representative (for short
„A.R‟) for the assessee, at the very outset submitted that as the assessee had
incurred the aforesaid expenditure wholly and exclusively in the normal course
of its business of trading and distribution of orthopedic implantable devices,
therefore, the same was allowable as a deduction u/s 37(1) of the Act. Insofar
the expenditure that was incurred by the assessee towards holding of
conferences was concerned, it was submitted by the ld. A.R that the same
was incurred for making the medical professionals conversant about the
practical uses of the products that were being traded by the assessee
company. It was submitted by the ld. A.R that the conferences organized by
the assessee company were witnessed by clinical demonstrations,
discussions and debates, interactive participation of the faculty delegates a/w
practice sessions and different technique workshops and discussions with the
faculty. It was further submitted by the ld. A.R that the expenditure incurred by
the assessee company towards travel, stay etc. and payment of honorarium
fees qua the workshops that were organized by the assessee in France was
also in the nature of an expenditure incurred in the normal course of its
business, and accordingly admissible u/s 37(1) of the Act. Further, in support
of his claim that the CBDT Circular No. 5/2012, dated 01.08.2012 and the
notification of the MCI, dated 10.12.2009 r.w the Indian Medical Council
(Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics), Regulations, 2002 were not
applicable to the assessee which belonged to the health sector industry, the
ld. A.R had relied on the order of the ITAT, Mumbai in the case of the Dy. CI-
8(2), Mumbai Vs. PHL Pharma P. Ltd. (2017) 49CCH 124 (Mum)
Section 21 in The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 [Entire Act]
Section 30 in The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 [Entire Act]
The Dcit, (Osd)-1, Circle- 4,, ... vs Liva Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.,, Mumbai on 22 August, 2017
Be that as it may, in the case of
Liva Healthcare Ltd. (supra), though the Tribunal had incorporated the
relevant provisions and clauses of the Indian Medical Council Regulation
2002, however, it had not elaborated or dwelled upon the issue as to how this
MCI regulation which was strictly meant for medical practitioners and doctors
could be made applicable to pharmaceutical companies and other health
sector industry.
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