NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from Central Council of Indian Medicine on a petition filed by Indian Medical Association challenging a recent decision by the former allowing Ayurveda practitioners to carry out certain surgical procedures terming the decision as one that would play havoc with the health of millions.
Senior advocate Maninder Singh did not have to labour hard to convince a bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian to issue notice to CCIM.
However, when he sought a stay on the operation of the CCIM's 2020 modification of rules permitting Indian medicine practitioners from carrying out surgery, solicitor general Tushar Mehta stepped in and said that the government has substantial grounds to defend the CCIM rules.