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2026 Supreme(Online)(Pat) 281

PATNA HIGH COURT
Mr. Bibek Chaudhuri, J
Dr. Shyam Kumar Satyapal – Appellant
Versus
The National Medical Commission – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners:Ms. Shrishti Singh, Advocate, Mr. Pranav Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Saurabh Sunder, Advocate, Mr. Ashish Gaurav, Advocate
For the Respondents: Mr. P.K. Sahi, AG, Mr. P.N. Sharma, AC to AG
For the NMC:Mr. Kumar Priya Ranjan, Sr.S.C, Mr. Sudarshan Bharadwaj, Advocate
For the UOI: Dr. K.N. Singh, ASG, Mr. Amit Kishore Sinha, CGC

Table of Content
1. challenge to government's attendance policy. (Para 1 , 2 , 4)
2. aadhar act provisions on authentication. (Para 5 , 6 , 10)
3. right to privacy as a constitutional issue. (Para 11 , 12 , 19)
4. inadequate justification for privacy violation. (Para 25 , 39)
5. dismissal of petition with directions for future action. (Para 43 , 44 , 46)

CAV JUDGMENT

Date: 17-01-2026

1. A constitutional issue of violation of Right to Privacy is the bone of contention of the instant writ petition, where some medical practitioners, who are in employment in different Medical Colleges and Hospitals in the State of Bihar, have challenged the public notice, dated 17th of April, 2025, issued under the signature of the Secretary, National Medical Commission, whereby face based Aadhar Identification and sharing of GPS location for marking attendance of faculty members of the medical colleges has been directed to be mandatorily implemented in all medical colleges/institutions. The petitioners have also prayed for quashing subsequent orders bearing Memo No. 1128 of 2025, dated 21st of April, 2025 issued under the signature of the Member, Sri Krishna Medical College, Muzaffarpur and the letter bearing

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