Court comes to rescue of doctors harassed in medical negligence case

The court asked the SSP to comply with the direction. This came after a senior pediatrition at  Fatima Hospital, Dr Kavita Bansal filed a writ petition with the court, alleging that a local lawyer was harassing them unnecessarily .

The doctor also alleged that the lawyer had lodged a false case of his wife and baby being ill-treated in the hospital "The CMO had conducted an enquiry into his complaint and found there was no negligence and on that basis police had submitted final report on the FIR filed by the lawyer," the petition added.

After this, the lawyer filed a complaint in the court of  additional chief judicial magistrate court no 25, where the ACJM took cognizance and issued summons to the doctors. However, no summons reached the doctors, with the doctors being shocked when finally the police reached their residence with a non bailable warrant.

TOI adds that when Dr Bansal's husband along with another advocate went to court to know details of the case,the lawyer and his associates allegedly threatened them against coming to the court.

Finally with the writ in the high court, the honoriable court citing an earlier SC verdict stated “A doctor accused of negligence should not be arrested in a routine manner simply because a charge has been leveled against him." It then directed issued directions to the police and with the district judge also being moved for compliance of directions.