1. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Counsel for the respondents.

2. The petitioner was married to Smt. Rani, who is said to have been a patient of the second respondent, a Gynaecologist. It is alleged that on account of negligence on the part of the said respondent in performing a Laparoscopic procedure on Smt Rani, she is said to have died after much suffering, on 28.7.2013. On a complaint by the petitioner before the jurisdictional police, apart from initiating criminal proceedings against respondent no.2, the police are said to have forwarded the case papers to Karnataka Medical Council, Bangalore, (Hereinafter referred to as the ‘KMC’, for brevity), which is said to have initiated suo motu proceedings and an enquiry is on against respondent no.2 before the said authority.

It is stated that the parties were represented by counsel before the KMC and the pleadings are complete. The petitioner is said to have filed an affidavit in evidence and the matter was scheduled for his cross-examination as on 23.5.2013. On that day, the third respondent is said to have filed a power of attorney to enter appearance on behalf of respondent no.2. The petitioner