$~57 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010472632026 + W.P.(C) 14514/2026 DR ANJU GAMBHIR .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Snehlata Chaturvedi, Mr. Rupesh Dutta, Ms. Dolly Warikoo and Mr. Anubhav Chandra, Advocates. versus GNCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Dhananjaya Mishra and Mr. Amritosh Mohanty, Advocates for R1. Mr. Sumit K. Batra and Ms. Priyanka Jindal, Advocates for GNCTD. Mr. Shiven Varma, Panel Counsel with Mr. Rudransh Gupta, Advocate for R3. CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA O R D E R % 30.09.2026 1. Heard learned Counsel for the Parties. 2. By instituting the proceedings of this Public Interest Litigation Petition, a prayer has been sought for issuing direction to the Respondents to implement a minimum of 50% reservation for women in the elections and nomination for constituting the Delhi Medical Council (“DMC”) and the Delhi Medical Association. 3. As far as the DMC is concerned, it is a statutory body constituted and incorporated under Section 2 of the Delhi Medical Council Act, 1997 This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 05/10/2026 at 11:23:49 (“Act”), which is a State Legislation. Section 3 of the Act does not provide for any reservation for women, either in elections or in nominations and, therefore, it is difficult for this Court to issue any such mandamus or directions, as has been sought for, in this Writ Petition. 4. The Petitioner has, however, already represented her cause by making a representation, which is engaging attention of various functionaries of the State Government. 5. Accordingly, without entering into the merit / claim of the Petitioner in this Writ Petition, we dispose of the present Petition with a direction to the State Government and its concerned functionaries to consider the prayer of the Petitioner and appropriate decision thereof, with expedition. 6. The present Writ Petition stands disposed of in the aforesaid terms. DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, CJ TEJAS KARIA, J SEPTEMBER 30, 2026/sms This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 05/10/2026 at 11:23:49