No Action against AYUSH for practicing allopathy: Supreme court
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NO Coercive Action against ISM practitioners for practising Modern Medicine, says Supreme Court
New Delhi: In a major interim relief to practitioners of Integrated Systems of Medicine (ISM), who indulge in the practice of modern system of medicine and then face legal action including arrest warrants for violations of law, the Supreme court has recently held that no coercive action shall be taken against such practitioners no coercive action shall be taken against persons till a decision is reached by the hon'ble court in the matter.
The court was responding to the plea made by All India Indian Medicines Graduate Association which had filed an SLP challenging the 2016 Delhi HC order that clearly stated that ISM practitioners cannot prescribe allopathic medicines. Seeking interim relief, Sr Advocate Harish Salve who was appearing for association stated that while the during the pendency of the matter with the Supreme Court, practitioners of ISM were facing actions including penal action from the police for prescribing allopathic medicines.
New Delhi: In a major interim relief to practitioners of Integrated Systems of Medicine (ISM), who indulge in the practice of modern system of medicine and then face legal action including arrest warrants for violations of law, the Supreme court has recently held that no coercive action shall be taken against such practitioners no coercive action shall be taken against persons till a decision is reached by the hon'ble court in the matter.
The court was responding to the plea made by All India Indian Medicines Graduate Association which had filed an SLP challenging the 2016 Delhi HC order that clearly stated that ISM practitioners cannot prescribe allopathic medicines. Seeking interim relief, Sr Advocate Harish Salve who was appearing for association stated that while the during the pendency of the matter with the Supreme Court, practitioners of ISM were facing actions including penal action from the police for prescribing allopathic medicines.
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