In its latest mandate, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has made it mandatory for all the PG trainees of MD Forensic Medicine to carry out clinical forensic works. As per the guideline, the PG trainees of forensic medicine departments need to conduct at least 100 clinical forensic cases besides the autopsy cases during the course period. On top of that, it has been dictated that such departments must carry out a medicolegal examination of sexual assault cases. Background of the mandate: Since forensic medicine must collaborate with legal issues, PG pass outs of MD Forensic Medicines are expected to have the necessary competency.
However, in 2010 a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed based on the reports of inferior quality forensic examination of sexual assault cases . It was also noted that medicolegal issues were also handled poorly. This PIL claimed the necessity of experts…
