Supreme Court issues notice, grants relief to private hospitals challenging Kerala Clinical Establishments Act
Written By : Anshika Mishra
Published On 2025-12-18 12:45 GMT | Update On 2025-12-18 12:45 GMT
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The Supreme Court has recently issued notice in a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the provisions of the Kerala Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2018, and the Rules framed under it.
Under Section 39 of the Act, every clinical establishment is mandated to display the fee rate and package rate of all services provided. Challenging this, the Kerala Private Hospitals Association approached the Apex Court, arguing that the Act does not define expressions such as "fee rate" and "package rate", making compliance arbitrary and exposing hospitals and clinics to subjective enforcement by authorities.
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