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Bombay HC likely to hear doctors’ mass leave case on Thursday

In a major development to the Maharashtra resident doctors' strike, the Bombay High Court, which was expected to hear the…

Bombay HC likely to hear doctors’ mass leave case on Thursday

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In a major development to the Maharashtra resident doctors' strike, the Bombay High Court, which was expected to hear the matter on junior doctors' mass leave on Wednesday, will most likely hear it on Thursday.

Reports suggested that because of unavailability of the CJ's bench, the hearing has been postponed to another day.

The court on Tuesday had asked the protesting doctors to resume their duties immediately and said it will hear the matter on junior doctors' mass leave on Wednesday.

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The court also had added that continued protests might result in contempt of court as the doctors' association had in 2016 given an undertaking that it would not go on strike.

For the third consecutive day on Wednesday, over 3,000 resident doctors continued their mass casual leave protest against growing incidents of attacks by patients' relatives on them.

Medical services in 17 government hospitals in Maharashtra, including four in Mumbai, were severely affected because of the strike.

Thousands of patients have been deprived of medical care in the wake of the protest across the state.

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