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In an unprecedented judgment on Nov 23, the Delhi High Court, ordered the president of the Medical Council of India (MCI), Ketan Desai, who is also president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), to step down after he was found guilty of corruption. “The receipts of these huge amounts of money by Desai and the observations of the Joint Director [Investigation] of the income tax department, that the alleged gifts are 'make believe arrangements'and not genuine gifts establish as correct the allegation of the petitioner that Desai is misusing his office… The faculty association of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences-where Desai heads the selection committee and is a member of the governing council-said it would write a letter of protest against Desai to the health minister.