New Delhi. Taking serious note of the plight of the patients, the Supreme Court today directed the protesting medicos to call off their strike forthwith assuring that Government will not take punitive action against them.
Observing that the damage done to the patients was "irretrievable", the court ordered the medicos to "call off forthwith" all strikes, protests, demonstrations or any form of dissent."Whatever Government does is not our concern. Our concern is plight of patients and general public. The emotive issues does not concern us," a vacation Bench comprising Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice L S Panta observed when senior advocate L M Singhvi said that the students have no trust on the politicians and they have the trust only with the courts.
The court assured the medicos that it will hear their grievances and asked them to file separate petitions and return to work making it clear that no punitive action will be taken against them.
"In case the strikes are called off we are sure that Government should appropriately consider the feeling of students and will not take any punitive action," the Bench said and directed the authorities to recall the doctors whose services have been terminated during the ongoing agitation.
"If in the meantime services of any doctor has been terminated for participating in the strike it should be recalled by the Government," the Bench said adding that the concerned doctors should be granted three days time to rejoin.
The Court asked Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian to file affidavit tomorrow relating to compliance of its order.
