LAWS(RAJ)-2013-3-33

T.C. BARJATIA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

Decided On March 14, 2013
T.C. Barjatia Appellant
V/S
STATE OF RAJASTHAN Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) "In illness the doctor is a father; in convalescence a friend; when health is restored, he is a guardian."

(2.) This famous Indian proverb has made us to believe that "doctors are next to God for a patient" In common parlance faith and confidence of a diseased person or his parents vis- -vis a doctor is of such a high stature that during treatment he acquires a status akin to God. This common perception or a myth, which is prevalent since time immemorial, is subject matter of judicial scrutiny in the present case.

(3.) Petitioner, Dr. T.C. Barjatia, has ventilated his grievances against the impugned order dated 25 th August 2006 (Annex.4) by invoking extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court enshrined under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.