India, July 27 -- A Pune-based homeopathy practitioner has approached the Bombay High Court, challenging the Maharashtra government's recent decision to discontinue the separate registration of homeopaths authorised to practise modern medicine after completing the Certificate Course in Modern Pharmacology (CCMP).

The petitioner, Dr Rashi Vinod Mordia, has alleged that the decision undermines previous legal rulings that upheld the right of CCMP-qualified homeopaths to practise allopathy, particularly in rural and underserved areas. A division bench of justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale has directed the state authorities to respond to the petition and posted the matter for hearing on July 28.

In her plea, filed through advocate...