Optional (any one of LB-9061 to LB-9064): Medical Jurisprudence

Unit I — Objective and Introduction

i. Legal Procedure in Criminal Courts: Criminal Courts & their powers, Examination in Chief, Cross Examination, Re-Examination, other Court Questions. · ii. Evidence-(a) Documentary Evidence : Medical Certificates, Medico-Legal Reports, Dying Declaration, Death Certificate. · iii. Oral Evidence: Dying Declaration-Deposition of a Medical Witness taken in a Lower Court.

• Expert Witness and Admissibility of expert's opinion in the courts

Unit II — Personal Identity:

i. Definition, Race, Sex Determination, Anthropometry, Dactylography, Foot Prints, Scars, Deformities, Tattoo Marks, Occupational Marks, Hand Writing, Clothes Personal Articles, Speech & Voices, DNA, Finger Printing Gait. · ii. Post Mortem Examination: Objectives, Rules, External Examination, Internal Examination, Cause of Death · iii. Examination of the Biological Stains & Hairs: Blood, Semen, Saliva Stains, Hairs & Fibers

• Introduction and branches of forensic science
• Forensic evidence and types of forensic evidences

Unit III — Death and its Medico-Legal Aspects:

i. Definition, Mode of Death, Sudden Death, Sign of Death, Time since Death, Presumption of Death, Presumption of Survivorship · ii. Deaths from Asphyxia : Introduction, Hanging, Strangulation, Suffocation, Drowning. · iii. Injuries by Mechanical Violence: Introduction, Business & Contusions, Abrasions, Wounds, Introduction to Fire Arms & ammunitions. · iv. Medico-Legal aspect of Wounds: Nature of injury, Examination of Injured Persons, Cause of Death from Wounds, Power of Volitional acts after receiving a fatal injury, Difference between wounds inflicted during life & after · v. Difference between Suicidal, Homicidal & Accidental Wounds

Unit IV

Insanity in its Medico-Legal Aspects: · i. a, Introduction, Cause of Mental ill Health, Indication of Mental Health, Classification of Mental Diseases, Feigned Mental ill health, Criminal Responsibility · ii. Torture & Medicine : Introduction & Definition, Reasons for Torture, Types of Torture, Medico-Legal Aspects of Torture, Post Mortem Detection of Torture. · iii. Toxicology: Law relating to Poisons, Action of Poisons, Asphyxiates (Irrespirable Cases), Carbon di-oxide, Carbon mono-Oxide, War Gases

Unit V — Legal Issues:

i. Professional Negligence: Transplantation of Human organs, · ii. Medico-legal aspects of sterilization, Impotence, surrogate births · iii. Unnatural sexual offences, AIDS · iv. Abortion & Medical Termination of pregnancy · v. Medical ethics

• Negligence in Medical Practice, Contributory Negligence and Different Remedies
• Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994
• Pre Conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994
• Medico legal Implications of Consent, Different types of consent, Informed Refusal and Therapeutic Privilege