Supreme Court of India

Chintpurni Medical College and Hospital & Anr.v. State of Punjab & Ors. v. State of Punjab & Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 5 S.C.R. 147
Bench S. A. Bobde and L. Nageswara Rao JJ.
Decided 3 July 2018
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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we find that Condition No.(XI) is ultra- vires the provisions of the IMC Act and Regulations.

Judgment, page 22

From the headnote

Medical Council Act, 1956 – ss. 10A, 19 – Essential ity Certificate – Grant of, by State Government to the medica l college – Power of State Government to withdraw the Certific ate once granted – Permissibility of – Held: It is not permissible to allow any authority including a State Government which merely issues an Essentiality Certificate, to exercise any power of withdrawing the Certificate which could have the effect of terminating th e existence of a Medical College permitted to be established by the Central Government – State Government may not do either dir ectly or indirectly –

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 distinguished · 1 referred to

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