(a) Whether AIIMS, New Delhi is not covered under labour law; and
(b) If not, the reasons for issuing notices to doctors who went on strike in the
recent past ?
(a) Whether AIIMS, New Delhi is not covered under labour law; and
(b) If not, the reasons for issuing notices to doctors who went on strike in the
recent past ?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. PANABAKA LAKSHMI)
(a)&(b) : Notices to doctors who went on strike were issued as according to Regulation
33 of AIIMS Regulations, 1999, the provisions of Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules,
1964 are applicable to the employees of the Institute. Besides this, the Delhi High Court
has specifically given directions that no employee of staff or faculty member will cease
work for any reason whatsoever or disrupt the work or aid or abet such disruption of
cessation, no protest meetings of any kind whatsoever be held within a radius of 500
metres from the boundary of the Institute. The Supreme Court also on a number of
occasions have given directions against the employees of hospitals resorting to the
strike.