Laws to Curb Drug Menace in India and a Way Forward
“Drugs take you to hell, disguised as heaven.” – Donald Frost (Drug therapist) Drug addiction is one of the alarming challenges that India is facing today. Incidents of families slipping…
Medical Negligence- Breach of duty in Medical Profession
Negligence as a tort is the breach of a duty caused by omission to do something which a reasonable man would do or doing something which a prudent and reasonable…
Polygraph Examination- Origin, Procedure, and Admissibility in Law
Origin of polygraph examination The origins of polygraph examination have been traced back to the efforts of Lombroso, a criminologist who experimented with a machine that measured blood pressure and…
Narcoanalysis technique- Origin, Procedure and Admissibility in Law
Narcoanalysis technique is the test which involves the intravenous administration of a drug that causes the subject to enter into a hypnotic trance and become less inhibited. The drug-induced hypnotic…
Medical Professionals in Criminal Law
This article is part of our Medical Negligence Series. The criminal law has invariably placed the medical professionals on a pedestal different from ordinary mortals. The Indian Penal Code enacted…
The difference in Civil and Criminal Negligence
This article is part of our Medical Negligence Series. Negligence as a tort Definition of Negligence The jurisprudential concept of negligence defies any precise definition. Eminent jurists and leading judgments…
Jacob Matthew v. state of Punjab- An analysis
This article is part of our Medical Negligence Series. The case of ‘Jacob Matthew v. state of Punjab (2005)’, is a landmark case in the field of medical negligence where…
Moral fault, blame and justice in reference to medical profession and negligence
This article is part of our Medical Negligence Series. Learned authors of “Errors, Medicine and the Law” (pp. 241-248), (recorded at the end of the book in the chapter titled…
M/S. Spring Meadows Hospital vs Harjot Ahluwalia- An analysis
This article is a part of our Medical Negligence Series. The case reached to the supreme court by way of Special leave petition against the order of Nation cconsumer Disputes…
Gross Medical Mistake in Medical Negligence
This article is a part of our Medical Negligence Series. The influence exhorted by a doctor is unique. The relationship between the doctor and the patient is not always equally…