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Differences Between Ante-Mortem And Post-Mortem Wounds
Injury or damage to the body's tissues is what defines a wound. This can occur due to several reasons like underlying medical conditions, trauma, or surgery. From minor cuts and abrasions to mo...
Differences Between Suicidal Hanging And Ligature Strangulation
Introduction Numerous distinctions exist between suicidal hanging and ligature strangulation within the domain of Medical Jurisprudence. It is imperative to recognize that these variances in t...
Differences Between Ante-Mortem And Post-Mortem Burns
It will be very difficult to distinguish between ante-mortem and post-mortem burns if the dead body is burnt to ashes. Signs of healing like inflammation and blister formation, which usually ca...
Two Finger Test: Essential Reiteration Of The Ban In India
By Kritika Raj
"This court has time and again deprecated the use of two finger test in cases alleging rape and sexual assault. The so-called test has no scientific basis. It instead re-victimizes and re-...
Health Care Excluded From CPA 2019
Has the medical services not been specifically and consciously excluded from CPA 2019 by the parliament?The Consumer Protection Act was enacted by the parliament in 1986. Cases were filed under...
Need to review IMA v V P Shantha that put medical professionas under CPA
Indian Medical Association vs V.P. Shantha & Ors on 13 November, 1995 brought the medical services under CPA declaring medical services to be services under Sec. 2(1)(0) of the ACT. The med...
Impact Of Biology On Law
The field of law has been moulded by biology, influencing the formation of legislative norms and regulations, as well as leaving its mark on legal verdicts. Multiple facets of the legal system ...
An Overview Of A Forensic Psychologist's Role In The Indian Justice Administr...
The recent article of Hindu newspaper[1] headlined Forensic psychologists should play a key role in preventing crimes, was the statement given by the Vice-Chancellor P. V. G. D. Prasad Reddy, t...
Retrospective Surrogacy Contract for Parents Intending MTP: A Proposition for...
Proposed retrospective Surrogacy Contract Traditional Surrogacy Contract Modified THIS AGREEMENT is made as of _________________, 20____, by and between _______________, the acknowledged (int...
Terminal Patient: A Legal myth A Medical Dilemma
A patient to be legally recognized as terminal should meet the following criteria: Should be suffering from a disease that has no curative treatment available The disease is irreversible ...