Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 325 -- Offence u/ss 325, 307 IPC - Medical evidence shows that injuries occurred to injured witnesses are simple in nature - Accused acquitted u/ss 325, 307 IPC...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 365, 506, 34 -- Bail - Attempt to murder - MLR of victim reveal 13 injuries on person of injured - However, said injuries are virtually on non-vital parts of body of victim - Allegation pertaining to running over of a vehicle over injured could not be substantiated by medical evidence -..........
Homeopathy Central Council Act, 1973, Section 33, 24, Homoeopathic Practitioners (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Code of Ethics) Regulations, 1982 -- Regn.6 - Prohibition of advertisement - Statutory regulations prohibiting advertisement - Homeopathic medical practitioners cannot advertise that they are competent to cure COVID-19 disease - Observations of High Court..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24 -- Maintenance pendente lite - Earning wife - Wife cannot be denied maintenance pendente lite, even if she being a medical practitioner is earning something...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Claim petition - Rejection of - Failure of AW3 to report the accident to police - AW3 brought deceased in his car to hospital - It is quite natural that such a person who had accompanied injured to hospital for immediate medical aid, could not have simultaneously gone to police station to lodge FIR - High Court ought not..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 506 -- Rape of mentally retarded girl aged about 19 years - Victim had mild mental retardation - Accused had sexual intercourse with victim by taking disadvantage of her mental illness - Victim delivered a child and accused found to be biological father of child delivered by victim - However, accused totally denied the prosecution case..........
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 5(m), 6 -- Sexual assault with child - Appeal against conviction - Victim/child stating that she was tutored by her mother about what to say in Court - Material contradictions found in testimony of child-victim and other prosecution witnesses also not corroborated by medical evidence - As per FSL reports..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 302, 498A, 34, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 4 -- Bail - Dowry death - Dying declaration of deceased recorded by Medical Officer indicates that no one was present with deceased when incident occurred and that Kerosene jerrycane fell over gas and caught fire - This has been further..........
Medical education -- Super Specialty Medical Courses - Reservation of 40% seats for in-service Doctors - Process for admission to courses cleared that there shall be no reservation to said courses - Government order issued by State of Tamil Nadu reserving 50% seats for in-service doctors would be detrimental to interests of meritorious Doctors as 50% of available seats in..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 270, 370 -- Rape by HIV positive person - Whether constitutes offence of attempt to murder - If an HIV positive person is aware of their condition and has unprotected sex, then such act can be termed as negligent act - Said person can be punished u/s.270 IPC - Said act would not attract offence for attempt to murder punishable u/s.307..........
