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Bombay HC asked: How can IMA challenge homeopath-allopathy law?
The Maharashtra government on Thursday questioned the Indian Medical Association’s legal standing to challenge amendments that allow homeopaths to practise allopathy after completing a certificate course. Advocate General Milind Sathe told a…
The Story in Brief
The Maharashtra government on Thursday questioned the Indian Medical Association’s legal standing to challenge amendments that allow homeopaths to practise allopathy after completing a certificate course. Advocate General Milind Sathe told a Bombay High Court bench that the IMA, a voluntary body of doctors, had failed to show any legal injury caused by the 2014 amendments to two state Acts. He argued the IMA cannot challenge a law merely because it disagrees with it, and pointed out the petition did not cite any violation of doctors’ fundamental right to practise. The court had in September 2025 refused to stay registrations of CCMP practitioners while the main petition continues.
The IMA has questioned the state’s legislative competence to create a separate registration regime for the CCMP. The state countered that the provisions have existed since 1965. Arguments will resume on Friday.
The Indian Opinion
The IMA’s fight against the CCMP course is often framed as a battle for patient safety, but the state’s pointed question about legal injury exposes a weaker flank. A voluntary association challenging a law simply because it disagrees with its provisions is a thin reed. If the IMA truly believes patients are at risk, it should present evidence of actual harm, not just professional displeasure. The test will come when the court decides whether the IMA has any standing at all.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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