HC slams doctors for negligence in postmortem procedures
Highlighting the carelessness on the part of the doctors in conducting post-mortems, which in turn obstructs the possibility of a fair trial, the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently asked State Government authorities to respond to the same.
Referring to the instances where the dissection of the body is often done by persons other than Doctors/Forensic Experts in the mortuary room, the HC bench of Justice N.S. Shekhawat observed that due to these factors, the postmortem reports do not accurately reflect the findings as found on the body.
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