HC asks govt to relax norms for post-mortem
23 Aug 2014 4:58 AM IST
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the government to relax procedures to avoid delay in conducting post mortem in police cases and ordered that an investigating officer should directly approach the hospital concerned without following cumbersome channels.
The court also directed that hospitals concerned should issue appropriate orders for having a continuing panel of doctors for conducting the post-mortem.
The order came over two PILs which had sought conducting of post-mortems without any delay in police cases and constitution of standing and roaster based board of doctors to handle such cases.
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw directed city government and Delhi Police to issue a notification within 60 days to enable the investigating officer (IO) to directly approach the hospital concerned.
Expressing concern over delay, the court also observed that, ‘We dispose of these petitions with the hope that the authorities concerned shall act on our directions in utmost sincerity and ensure that the doors of the court are not knocked again for having a post-mortem conducted or raising a grievance of the delay in the same.’
The PILs were filed by KB Joshi and Avadh Kaushik who had drawn the attention of the court towards the cumbersome procedure involved in the post-mortems and inordinate delays on account of public
holidays.
The court also directed that hospitals concerned should issue appropriate orders for having a continuing panel of doctors for conducting the post-mortem.
The order came over two PILs which had sought conducting of post-mortems without any delay in police cases and constitution of standing and roaster based board of doctors to handle such cases.
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw directed city government and Delhi Police to issue a notification within 60 days to enable the investigating officer (IO) to directly approach the hospital concerned.
Expressing concern over delay, the court also observed that, ‘We dispose of these petitions with the hope that the authorities concerned shall act on our directions in utmost sincerity and ensure that the doors of the court are not knocked again for having a post-mortem conducted or raising a grievance of the delay in the same.’
The PILs were filed by KB Joshi and Avadh Kaushik who had drawn the attention of the court towards the cumbersome procedure involved in the post-mortems and inordinate delays on account of public
holidays.
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