Current Cases
Sankalp
The Writ Petition was filed under Articles 14, 21, 32, 41, 42 and 47 of the Constitution of India, as there were a large number of HIV positive persons who were denied medical treatment in public hospitals on the ground that the person is infected or is suspected to be infected with HIV/AIDS. People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLHAs) were being denied basic access to health care and treatment particularly by public and state run hospitals and medical institutions.
Quacks in Karnataka
On 27.3.2007 The Karnataka High Court passed an interim order in a Public interest litigation filed by Karnataka Network of Positive People Living With HIV/AIDS (KNP+) against some persons in Karnataka who are claiming a cure for HIV/AIDS, Drug controller, NACO and others.
Quacks in Maharashtra
Quacks in Maharashtra prohibited from claiming cure for HIV/AIDS
On 10 October 2007, the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court passed Interim Orders [Click here to download attachments] against three quacks Siddharth M. Jondhale, Bhai Amarjeet Singh Major Punjab Singh Gill and Dr. Rajesh Pandit, all of whom claimed alternate forms of treatment that purportedly "cures" HIV/AIDS.