In a marginal victory, the organisation representing Indian doctors in the UK has obtained an emergency injunction against Britain's Health Department directive stopping recruitment of non-EU doctors who do not have visa to work beyond August 1.

The Court ordered that "until the matter can be heard inter parties on the morning of March 8, 2007, before a judge of the Administrative Court, those HSMP visa holders whose visa falls for renewal before August 1, 2007 should not be excluded from interview and appointment process."

Judge Justice Wilkie in the High Court of Justice ordered the injunction last evening, Ramesh Mehta, President of the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, said in London on Monday.

"This is a small victory. This injunction is very focused," he said adding, "This will come up for judicial