MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA vs DR MEENAKSHI GAUTHAM & ANR

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$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 06th October, 2025 + CONT.APP. (C) 17/2015 & CM APPL. 29290/2015 MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA .....Appellant Through: Mr. Kirtiman Singh, Senior Advocate with Mr. T. Singh Dev, Mr. Bhanu Gulati and Ms. Yamini Singh, Advocates versus DR MEENAKSHI GAUTHAM & ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, Mr. Abhay Nair, Mr. P. Rohit Ram, Mr. Sanyam Jain, Advocates. Mr. Premtosh K. Mishra, CGSC with Mr. Siddharth Bajaj and Mr. Prarabdh Tiwari, Advocates. Mr. Shubham Janghu and Mr. Manish Kumar, Advocates for Intervenor-IMA CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NITIN WASUDEO SAMBRE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANISH DAYAL JUDGMENT (ORAL) NITIN WASUDEO SAMBRE, J. 1. This contempt appeal, preferred under Section 19(1)(a) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, (hereinafter referred to as “the Act of 1971”) has been pending since 2015. Signature Not Verified Signed By:SURYAKANT YADAV CONT.APP.(C) 17/2015 Page 1 of 7 Signing Date:09.10.2025 17:58:18 2. The appeal has been repeatedly adjourned at the behest of the appellant, and the respondents have strongly objected to the repeated grant of adjournments, which prompted this Court, on 9th September 2025, to grant a last chance to the appellant. 3. The present contempt appeal is directed against the order delivered by the learned Single Judge of this Court on 2nd September 2015, wherein the following observations were made: …“ 41. In the opinion of this Court, once the Central Government has undertaken to introduce the B.Sc. (Community Health) course, it must take the lead and give the course a firm legal footing and introduce it in institutions and universities run by the Central Government and also provide help to the State Governments to introduce the same. Also, once the syllabi, curric