Kerala High Court chuan November ni 4, 2025 khan physiotherapist leh therapist medical qualification nei lote chu “Dr” an hming hmaah an dah thei lo a ti. 

Justice V.G Arun chuan medical degree nei si loa “Doctor” nihna hman hian Indian Medical Degrees Act, 1916 a bawhchhia a ti a. Court chuan Indian Medical Degrees Act, 1916 leh Competency Based Curriculum for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy (a hmaa prefix “Dr” lo huang tel) karah insutna a siam a ti. Chumi bakah chuan Ministry of Health & Family Welfare chuan Approved Syllabus for Physiotherapy (2025) atangin  prefix la chhuak turin thu a lo chhuah tawh a ni. 

Court chuan prima facie thubuai hmuin thuneitute chu physiotherapist leh occupational therapist medical qualification nei mumal lo te chu prefix “Dr” an hman loh nan enchiang turin a hriattir a.  He thu hi December ni 1, 2025-ah ngaihtuah leh turin a ruat nghal a ni(www.jclalnunsanga.in). 

(He thubuai hi WP(C) No. 41064 of 2025 niin Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (IAPMR) thehluh a ni a. Thubuai thehluttu tan hian Advocate VV Asokan (Sr.), S. Parvathi, T.K. Sreekala, Nikitha Susan Paulson, Uthara Asokan leh K.G. Anil te an ding a ni.)