Journal of Forensic Medicine

Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India

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• Expert Review   
  The Legal Procedures and Medico Legal System in India
  Author(s): Sunil Kumar Duchania* and Mukta Rani
  
  This article explains the legal procedures and Indian medico legal system being followed in India. Medico legal is the term, which incorporates the basics of two sister professions i.e., medicine and law. Everybody talks about the law but few, aside from lawyers, judges, and law teachers, have more than the vaguest notion of what constitutes law. Those lawyers, who do not constantly deal with medical issues in their legal practice, know extraordinarily little about the medical profession and its problems; physicians frequently comprehend too little about the law and how it affects them in the practice of their profession. Medico legal experts can provide a link between these two professions for their smooth and effective functioning in a scientific manner. This article includes various legal procedures being followed in India and structure of Indian medico legal sy.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2472-1026.2023.8.188

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