SHABI HAIDER JAFRI Vs. JAVED USMANI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) ISSUE notice to all the respondents within a week.

(2.) AT this stage, the respondents may not appear in the proceedings in person. They are permitted to enter appearance through counsel. It is submitted by the counsel for the petitioner that in pursuance to the directions issued by the Supreme Court in D.K. Joshi Vs. State of U.P. and others [2000 (5) SCC 89] decided 24.4.2000, in respect of which the Supreme Court had subsequently given permission to the applicant to approach the High Court, this Court has issued several directions for identifying the unqualified and unregistered medical practitioners. In order to identify these persons, directions were issued by this Court, to get all the qualified medical practitioners, registered with the Chief Medical Officer.

(3.) THE directions of the Supreme Court were reiterated by this Court by which the District Magistrates and Chief Medical Officers of all the Districts were required to identify the unqualified/unregistered medical practitioners, and to initiate legal actions against them immediately. They were also directed to monitor? all legal proceedings against such persons. Prima facie, I find substance in the contempt application that out of 91 unqualified and unregistered medical practitioners identified in the year 2011, action has been taken only against 11persons, and that 15 clinics were closed.