SC refuses to entertain IMA's contempt plea over non-payment of salaries to doctors
FirstpostAdvocate Maninder Singh, appearing for IMA, said the salary for April and May was paid after HC’s intervention but no salary was paid from June to October New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a contempt plea filed by Indian Medical Association against the Delhi Chief Secretary for alleged non-payment of salaries to doctors and asked it to approach the high court which is dealing with the issue. Senior advocate Maninder Singh, appearing for IMA, said the salary for April and May was paid after the high court’s intervention but no salary was paid again from June to October. On 29 July, the Delhi High Court had told the AAP government to release to the North Delhi Municipal Corporation the funds it requires to pay the stipends of the resident doctors in the six hospitals run by the civic body. In its status report, filed in response to the plea, the corporation has said that salaries up to May of all resident doctors in hospitals run by the civic body have been paid.