Browsing: medico legal

Objective To delineate the medico-legal distinction between deficiency in service and medical negligence in the context of hospitalized patient care…

Introduction Scientific techniques have increasingly been used by investigative agencies to aid criminal investigations. Among these techniques, the polygraph test…

In sexual offence cases, DNA evidence is often very powerful in court, and differential DNA extraction is commonly used to…

Your mother, father, or child could be placed on an operation table for a procedure that may not be medically…

Abstract The landmark judgment in Indian Medical Association vs V.P. Shantha (1995) inadvertently expanded the scope of the Consumer Protection…

Abstract Medical negligence litigation in India has increasingly exposed licensed physicians to the risk of criminal prosecution and civil liability…

Abstract The Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) introduces significant changes to India’s criminal justice framework, but its impact on medical practitioners…

Forensic Anthropology and Osteological Evidence in Law Forensic anthropology occupies a unique position at the intersection of science and law.…

Supreme Court Calls for National Policy to Address Inconsistencies in Organ Transplantation The Supreme Court of India has recently expressed…

How to Study and Interpret a Post Mortem Report A post mortem report—whether in medical, forensic, or organizational settings—is more…