Centre gets time from HC to reply on plea on approach to medical education

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted more time to several Union ministries to file their replies to a petition for the adoption of an "Indian holistic approach" in medical education and practice, instead of the "colonial segregated way" of having different streams of allopathy, ayurveda, yoga and homeopathy.

A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sachin Datta gave six weeks to the ministries of health and family welfare, women and child development, home affairs and law and justice to file their responses to the petition.

The bench listed the matter for further hearing on July 6.

During the hearing, the counsel for the Union Ayush ministry said they have already filed their reply on record.

"Reply has been filed by respondent no. 2 (Ayush ministry) only. Other respondents have not filed their replies. Let others also file it within six weeks," the court said.

The petition filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay claimed that the adoption of a holistic approac