All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956

Dr. S, a professor at AIIMS, was a member of the Dental Council under Section 3(d) of the Dentists Act, 1948. After his retirement, AIIMS nominated Har! Prakash to fill the vacancy, but the Council terminated his membership, holding that AIIMS was not a "University established by law" and thus could not nominate a memb…

The Supreme Court examined the AIIMS policy of reserving 33% of postgraduate seats for its own in‑house graduates and a further 50% discipline‑wise reservation, which resulted in lower‑merit candidates being allocated coveted "creamy" specialties over higher‑scoring open‑category candidates. The Court held that such in…

The petitioners, long‑serving researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), challenged the termination of their services after the completion of research projects, alleging that they were entitled to continued employment given their 10‑15 years of service and advanced age which limited other job p…

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) advertised for an Assistant Professor in Endocrinology. Dr. Nikhil Tandon was appointed, while Dr. Ajay Sood challenged the appointment, alleging that Tandon did not possess the required D.M. qualification or an equivalent recognised qualification. The High Court set …

The Faculty Association of AIIMS challenged the application of reservation policy to specialty and super‑specialty faculty posts at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, invoking Articles 15, 16 and 335 of the Constitution. The Court examined whether the rule of reservation could be extended to these highly tech…

A contractor complained that Dr. R.C. Anand, an employee of AIIMS, demanded illegal gratification for renewal of a supply contract. The Anti‑Corruption Branch laid a trap, recorded the conversation and the employee was suspended. The Ministry of Law & Justice and the Central Vigilance Commission did not recommend sanct…

The Supreme Court examined the interpretation of Section 4(e) of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956, concerning the composition of the institute's supreme body. The question was whether the five persons to be nominated by the Central Government must all be scientists, or whether only one must be a no…

Dr. P. Venugopal, then Director of AIIMS, challenged a proviso added by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Act, 2007 which terminated his five‑year tenure prematurely and offered only three months' compensation. The Supreme Court examined whether the proviso, which applied only to the incumbent Dir…

Two cardiac surgeons (Dr. Akshya Bisoi and Dr. Ujjwal Chowdhury) employed at AIIMS filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking a mandamus directing AIIMS to determine that they were senior to Dr. Shiv Kumar Choudhary, the fourth respondent, based on the 1997 selection policy which they argued gave them higher grades…