The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Assam Rural Health Regulatory Authority Act 2004 null and void, observing that Assam Legislature not having the legislative competence to enact the Law. A bench of justices BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna said that the State Legislature has no legislative competence to enact a law in respect of modern medicine or allopathic medicine contrary to the said standards that have been determined by the Central Law.
