Maharashtra Medical Council Act, 1965

Dr. P.B. Desai, a renowned surgeon, was convicted under Section 338 read with Section 109 of the IPC for allegedly causing grievous hurt to a cancer patient by advising and then omitting to perform an exploratory laparotomy. The patient later died, and the appellant was also found guilty of professional misconduct by t…

The appellant, Poonam Verma, sued Dr. Ashwin Patel (a registered homoeopathic practitioner) and Dr. Rajeev Warty for negligence after her husband died following treatment with allopathic medicines prescribed by Dr. Patel, who was not qualified to practice allopathy. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission d…

Three postgraduate medical students were suspended from their college and hospital after a FIR was lodged alleging they were responsible for a junior colleague's suicide. The suspension was based solely on the FIR, not on a prima facie finding under Section 6(1) of the Maharashtra Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1999. The …