Tuesday, May 30 2006 13:47 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: The protesting doctors were consulting legal experts and holding a meeting after the Supreme Court today (May 30, 20006) expressed displeasure that the medicos did not pay heed to its appeal to end the strike.

"We are consulting legal experts," Dr Vinod Patra, President of the AIIMS Resident Doctors' Association told sources.

Dr Neha Gami, a spokesperson of 'Youth for Equality', which is spearheading the medicos' agitation, said, "We will be in a position to comment only after we receive a copy of the Court order."

"The meeting of representatives of the protesting doctors was being held to discuss the observations made by the Supreme Court," Gami said.

With the doctors' strike entering the 18th day today, the Supreme Court said, "We specifically said yesterday, for larger public interest, the ongoing strike should be called off. On the contrary, opposite is going on."

"We are not concerned at this stage about the Government policy. We are concerned at this stage about the plight of the people," a vacation Bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice L S Panta said taking suo motu note of the developments.