Archive · 6 Aug 2026
Bombay High Court 'pained' by Maharashtra doctors' strike, issues notices
Some doctors in Maharashtra, a state in India, decided to stop working to protest a new rule about homeopathy registration.
Homeopathy is a different kind of medicine, and the doctors do not agree with how it is being registered.
When doctors stop working, it is called a strike.
The judges at the Bombay High Court saw news reports about this strike and became very worried.
Patients might not get the help they need if doctors are not working.
One judge asked, 'Can they bring back dead patients to life?'
This means if someone dies because no doctor was there to help, nobody can fix that.
The judges said they were 'pained' by the protest.
They also worried the doctors might stop helping in emergencies.
So the court sent official notices to the doctors' groups and the government's medical education department to get answers.
The Bombay High Court expressed concern over the statewide doctors' protest in Maharashtra against homeopathy registration.
A bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra V Ghuge and Justice Gautam A Ankhad asked if striking doctors can bring dead patients back to life.
The court issued notices to the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the State Medical Education Department.
The bench initiated a suo motu writ petition based on news reports of August 5 and 6 about the doctors' strike.
The court said it was 'pained' by the protest and doctors' threat to suspend emergency services if the impasse continued.
- Who
- A Bombay High Court bench led by Acting Chief Justice Ravindra V Ghuge and Justice Gautam A Ankhad, along with the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the State Medical Education Department.
- What
- The court expressed concern over the doctors' statewide protest against homeopathy registration and initiated a suo motu writ petition, issuing notices to the respondents.
- When
- Thursday, following news reports of August 5 and 6 about the strike.
- Where
- Bombay High Court, Maharashtra, India.
- Why
- Because the doctors' stoppage of work, including a threat to suspend emergency services, could put patients' lives at risk.
Concern for Patient Safety
Doctors' Right to Protest
Suspension of emergency services
Concern for Patient Safety
The Bombay High Court is 'pained' by the protest and concerned that halting work, including threats to suspend emergency services, could cost patients their lives.
Doctors' Right to Protest
Doctors are continuing their statewide protest against homeopathy registration and have threatened to suspend emergency services if the impasse over their demands continues.
- Court
- Bombay High Court
- Bench
- Acting Chief Justice Ravindra V Ghuge and Justice Gautam A Ankhad
- Protest
- Statewide doctors' strike in Maharashtra against homeopathy registration
- Notices issued to
- Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), Indian Medical Association (IMA), State Medical Education Department
- Legal action
- Suo motu writ petition based on news reports of August 5 and 6
- Key concern
- Threat to suspend emergency services if the impasse continued
- Court quote
- "Can they bring back dead patients to life?"