CJI Suryakant's Lighthearted Query to Lawyer: 'Is That Your Son?' in PIL Hearing

• During a Supreme Court PIL hearing, CJI Suryakant lightheartedly asked senior advocate Ashwini Upadhyay if petitioner Nitin Upadhyay was his son.
• The bench, including Justice Joymalya Bagchi, joked about the son filing PILs instead of studying, then issued a notice 'just for your son'.
• The PIL, filed by law student Nitin Upadhyay, seeks to declare AYUSH doctors 'Registered Medical Practitioners' like allopathic doctors.
• It challenges Section 2(cc) and Section 3(d) of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954, arguing it restricts true medical information.
• The petition demands an expert committee to review the DMR Act's schedule based on current scientific and evidence-based medical knowledge.

Why It Matters: CJI Suryakant's humorous exchange in court led to a serious notice on a PIL challenging the 1954 DMR Act.