Bringing relief to doctors running their clinics in the city, the Bombay High Court has ruled that no provisions of the Bombay Shops and Commercial Establishment Act, 1948, would be applied for running a medical practice.

The bench, comprising Justice V M Kanade and Justice P D Kode, was hearing a petition filed by a doctor from Malabar Hill. The court struck down the provision of the Act as ultra vires (beyond the legal power), and declared it to be inapplicable for medical professionals and their clinics.