The High Court of Karnataka has ordered issue of notice to the State government on a PIL petition, which has complained that failure of the government to nominate five members to the Karnataka Medical Council (KMC) has enabled illegal continuation of two persons as president and vice-president from amongst earlier elected members despite election of 12 new members to the KMC.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice N.V. Anjaria and Justice Krishna S. Dixit passed the order on the petition filed by Srinivasa B. Kakkilaya, a medical practitioner from Mangaluru.
It was pointed out in the petition that 12 members elected from the elections held on January 23, 2020 finally assumed office as member of the KMC on November 27, 2023 due to protracted litigation over the legality of conduction of elections.
