Uttarakhand HC quashes Govt Order reducing tenure of Medical Council
Uttarakhand High Court
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand High Court bench recently quashed the Government Order reducing the tenure of the State Medical Council from five years to three years.
However, the order of the Government was challenged by Council's elected member and also the State Secretary of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Uttarakhand, Dr. Ajay Khanna.
He was elected as a Member of the Uttarakhand Medical Council on 14.02.2019, which was notified by the State Government on 20.01.2020. As per Section 4 of the Uttarakhand Medical Council Act, 2002, the term of an elected Member is for five years.
Meanwhile, even before the 5 years tenure was completed, the Council was dissolved after the State Government's order on March 12 and applications were invited for constitution of new Council. It was argued by the counsel for the petitioner that the term of the Council cannot be curtailed and it was bad in the eyes of law.
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