Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970

K.B. Nagur, an Ayurvedic doctor, filed a public‑interest writ petition alleging that elections to the Central Council of Indian Medicine had not been held for two decades and that Section 7 of the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 – specifically the clause "or until his successor shall have been duly elected or…

The Kerala Ayurveda Paramparya Vaidya Forum, an association of traditional practitioners of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani, challenged the Travancore‑Cochin Medical Practitioners Act, 1953 which barred them from practising unless they were registered under the Act. The Forum argued that they had long‑standing custom, inher…

The Department of AYUSH refused permission to several Indian‑medicine colleges to admit students for the 2011‑12 academic year, citing deficiencies in infrastructure and teaching staff. The colleges challenged the refusal in the High Court, which dismissed their petitions, leading to Special Leave Petitions before the …

The Supreme Court examined whether holders of the "Vaidya Visharad" or "Ayurved Ratna" certificates issued by the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag after 1967 could practice medicine under the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970, and whether the cut‑off date of 1967 in Entry 105 of the Act’s Second Schedule was arbi…