Chennai: The Madras High Court bench of Chief Justice MN Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthi has upheld disciplinary action by the Tamil Nadu Medical Commission (TNMC) against a doctor by removing his name from the medical register.The doctor had allegedly issued a fake medical certificate regarding the condition of a patient to register the latter’s properties in the name of the doctor’s son-in-law, who is none other than the son of the patient.After examining the materials and evidence, the bench concluded that the doctor/appellant has issued a fraudulent medical certificate to register the properties worth above Rs 50 crore.The bench opined that the appellant had let down all education imparted on him merely for obtaining land.
“Pitchaimani was not in a position to comprehend what was the time, in which place he was there and who the person, namely, Sub-Registrar was. The very fact that he could not even sign and only his left thumb impression is taken on every page of the document, that too in a manner as if it is not made by the same person, but, with the help of another in awkward and reverse directions, categorically demonstrates that he was disoriented,” Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy held.