Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday ordered issue of notice to the State on a plea filed by Raviprakash, medical practitioner from Puttur, Dakshina Kannada district, questioning the constitutional validity of the Karnataka Private Medical Establishment (KPME) Act, 2007.
“The KPME Act is seeped with errors and is a product of legislation without competence,” the petition said, and termed the Act “discriminatory” as it excludes State-owned hospitals from its purview. The petition said that the Justice Vikramajit Sen committee, which was constituted by the State government to look into and evaluate the need for taking legislative measures to control and manage hospitals, had recommended inclusion of both the State-owned and private hospitals under the enactment.
