{"id":356489,"date":"2025-08-13T10:30:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=356489"},"modified":"2025-08-13T10:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:07:30","slug":"latest-judgements-on-medical-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/08\/13\/latest-judgements-on-medical-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Cases Reported in HCC | Medical and Health Law: Recent decisions on licensing, eligibility, disability, and negligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Stay updated with key High Court rulings on Medical and Health laws in India. This concise overview highlights recent HCC cases on medical eligibility, registration, licensing, organ transplant rules, disability criteria for medical education, and standards for criminal medical negligence.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6eeff; border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">A. Medical and Health Law \u2014 Eligibility and Right to Practise Medicine Operate\/Run Clinics\/Nursing Homes\/Hospitals, Etc. \u2014 Registration\/Enrolment to practice \u2014<\/span> Pre-requisite\/eligibility criteria to appear in post degree screening test or register as medical practitioner in India \u2014 Obtaining eligibility certificate before pursuing medical course abroad \u2014 <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Held<\/span>, Indian citizen who obtained medical qualification from abroad can be granted registration by Medical Council of India (MCI) to practice medicine in India provided: (a) he had obtained eligibility certificate from MCI to take admission in foreign country to study medicine; and (b) he cleared post degree screen test prescribed \u2014 S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">13(4)(B)<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002835350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medical Council Act, 1956<\/a> requires eligibility certificate, issued by MCI, to be obtained before undertaking medical course abroad \u2014 Eligibility certificate, to be produced by candidate to appear in FMGE and subsequent registration in India \u2014 Student does not have right to apply for Eligibility Certificate, after undertaking medical course abroad \u2014 Candidate who obtains qualification without obtaining eligibility certificate, ipso facto ineligible to appear in screening test or register as medical practitioner in India \u2014 Petition dismissed <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Hemica Rani Singh v. National Medical Commission of India<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/qnJ12Cn1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2024) 3 HCC (Del) 538]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">B.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Medical and Health Law \u2014 Medical Practice and Practitioners \u2014 National Exit Test (NExT) \u2014<\/span> Object of the test \u2014 Held, NExT is a common final year undergraduate examination to be undertaken, before a graduate in any Indian System of Medicine can be given a licence to practice as a registered medical practitioner \u2014 Objective for prescribing NExT is to bring in uniformity in summative evaluation across country with reference to minimum common standards of education and training of a medical graduate \u2014 Purpose of NExT is to certify eligibility of medical graduates to register and to practice the modern system of medicine in India \u2014 These regulations merely prescribed minimum standards to be fulfilled by those who study in those institutions \u2014 Appellants unable to show any infringement of their legal rights with introduction and applicability of NExT exam \u2014 Salutary purpose of introducing licentiate exam for professionals in order to ensure higher standards of professionalism \u2014 Appeal dismissed <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jiwesh Kumar v. Union of India<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/15xS5U1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2024) 3 HCC (Del) 299]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6eeff; border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">C. Medical and Health Law \u2014 Transplantation of Human Organs \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002859169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules, 2014<\/a> \u2014 Rr. 7, 21 and 23 \u2014<\/span> Pre-transplantation interviews \u2014 Importance of interviews \u2014 Delays in pre-transplantation of interviews \u2014 Effect of \u2014Held, formal approval for transplant must be granted within two days; otherwise, it would be considered that said formal approval had been granted \u2014 When proposed donor and recipient are not near relatives, an interview with a near relative or an adult person related to donor by blood or marriage must be conducted to ascertain awareness of donation intention, authenticity of link, and reasons for donation \u2014 Any strong views or objections from such individuals should be documented \u2014 In determining eligibility of an applicant to donate, Authorisation Committee must personally interview the applicant it necessary to establish timelines under Rules, 2014 \u2014 Further held, a time-bound approach is crucial to maintain integrity and effectiveness of organ transplantation protocols \u2014 This would also be in furtherance of right to health under Art. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574949\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">21<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution<\/a> \u2014 Appeal allowed <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Amar Singh Bhatia v. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/S6176PyC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2024) 1 HCC (Del) 1]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">D. Medical and Health Law \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002835350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Medical Council Act, 1956<\/a> \u2014 S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">33<\/a> \u2014<\/span> Eligibility criteria of minimum physical fitness for admission to undergraduate medical course \u2014 Petitioners suffering from disabilities certified by disability board to be not eligible to undertake medical education \u2014 Locomotor disability of type (f) \u201cothers\u201d such as amputation, poliomyelitis, etc. \u2014 Expert opinion regarding physical fitness \u2014 Held, court cannot sit in appeal over the decision of MCI to ignore opinion of experts while issuing Regulations \u2014 When the experts in the field have opined against the petitioners, the court would not be justified in sitting over as an appellate authority against the opinion formed by the experts more particularly when there are no allegations of mala fides <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Vaidehi v. Union of India<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/3mKkfbEc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2023) 1 HCC (Bom) 663]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6eeff; border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">E. Medical and Health Law \u2014 Medical negligence \u2014<\/span> Adverse or Untoward incident \u2014 Distinguished from \u2014 Criminal prosecution for medical negligence \u2014 Guidelines in respect of \u2014 Held, a mere deviation from normal professional practice is not necessarily negligence \u2014 nor could mere accident or untoward incident be termed negligence, also an error of judgements not negligence per se \u2014 To convict a professional for criminal negligence, the prosecution must prove culpable and gross negligence beyond reasonable doubt \u2014 Further, held, in order to prove the existence of criminal rashness or criminal negligence, it shall have to be found out that the rashness was of such a degree as to amount to taking a hazard knowing that the hazard was of such a degree that injury was most likely imminent <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Philips Thomas v. State of Kerala<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/7yHrDe4W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2023) 1 HCC (Ker) 30<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/7yHrDe4W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">Explore latest Cases reported in SCC&#8217;s High Court Cases (HCC) on medical laws governing medical eligibility, registration, licensing, organ transplant rules, disability, and standards for criminal medical negligence in 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