PCPNDT ACT

Medical Officer of Municipal Corporation is not the Competent Authority under PCPNDT Act.  Hon. Supreme Court dismissed the Petition filed by the Authority. It thereby confirms the decision of Hon'ble Bombay High Court. Adv. ROHiT ERANDE. © Facts in short : 1.The case takes us to Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The Petitioner Doctor Duo-  runs a Hospital  in the name of Matoshri Hospital. The Petitioner No.1,  Dr. Tanuja Barde being the   Gynecologist and her  chest specialist -  husband, viz. Dr. Shriniwas Barde, the Petitioner No.2 is a Government servant. Both of them challenged  the action of suspension of thier license of Sonography Center by the then Acting Competent  Authority (AA) Respondent no.2 i.e.  the Medical Officer of Nanded Municipal Corporation, Nanded. It is interesting to note that the  Respondent No. 2 filed a private complaint bearing R. C. C. No. 392 of 2013 alleging that a...

Exemption from mandatory 6 months training  for MBBS Doctors for performing Ultrasound :   No Penal action to be taken against Doctors having minimum 15 years of Experience  Adv. Rohit Erande,    © The legality of 6 months Training for MBBS Doctors for performing Ultrasound again came for their lordships of Hon. Supreme Court in a Petition filed by Dr. Anil Wasti, Dr. Manjeet Singh Chndrasen and Dr. Bhaskar Prasad. V/s. State of Chhatisgarh in SLP (Civ.) No. 3058/2020. The Bench is compromising of Hon. Shri. Sharad Bobde, the CJI, Hon. B.R. Gawai J. and Hon. Surya Kant. Upon hearing the Ld. Sr. Council Shri. Mukul Rohotgi, their lordships have passed important interim order on 07/02/2020 as under :  "By way of interim relief, it is directed that no penal action will be taken against a doctor who has put in practice for not less than 15 years, in case he does not take the proposed examination. It is, however...