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A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging the government's decision to cancel the operating license of Ad-din Medical College Hospital. Advocate Md Eunus Ali Akond submitted the petition as a public interest litigation, also questioning the validity of the Medical Practice and Private Clinics and Laboratories (Regulation) Ordinance, 1982.

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the ordinance is illegal because it was promulgated during martial law, the legal basis of which was later struck down by the Supreme Court.

Akond argued that the 1982 ordinance is illegal because it was promulgated during a period of martial law, the legal basis of which was later invalidated by the Supreme Court. Furthermore, he contends that the ordinance contains no provisions that permit the cancellation of a hospital's operating license. The lawyer asserted that revoking the Ad-din Medical College Hospital's license is against public interest, given the large number of patients who receive treatment there.

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the ordinance contains no provision allowing the cancellation of a hospital's licence.

The government revoked the license of the 700-bed private hospital on June 11, following the deaths of six newborns there last month. The Directorate General of Health Services has instructed the hospital not to admit new patients and to transfer existing ones or discharge them upon completion of treatment. The High Court is scheduled to hear the petition on Sunday, June 21.

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The government's decision to revoke the licence of Ad-din Medical College Hospital is against the public interest, as a large number of people receive treatment there.