The need to revisit applicability of sections 323-326 of the Indian penal code to a surgeon's act (Record no. 514371)

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Personal name Singh Malvika. Singh, K.P.
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Title The need to revisit applicability of sections 323-326 of the Indian penal code to a surgeon's act
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Place of publication, distribution, etc The Indian Police Journal
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Extent 67(1 ), Jan-Mar, 2020: p. 122-133
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Summary, etc There is a lot of grey area and confusion regarding applicability of sections 323-326 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) to a surgeon’s act of surgery. Actually, when the IPC was written, surgical science was in its infancy. Therefore, the writers of the IPC focussed only on injuries inflicted as an act of violence and could not envision any injury attributable to an act of surgery. The definitions of ‘hurt’, ‘grievous hurt’ and ‘voluntarily causing hurt’ given in sections 319,320 and 321 IPC respectively and mechanical interpretation of the ingredients of these sections have led to a gross error, resulting in discrepancy and confusion and implication of surgeons for their acts of surgery under sections 323-326 of the IPC. It is not legally correct to attribute criminality to a surgeon’s act of surgery. Though a surgeon’s act may be classified as a civil wrong attracting penalties like payment of compensation and damages under the Law of Tort and Civil Laws. The present article analyses, in detail, the reasons as to why these general provisions relating to causing hurt, as contained in the IPC, cannot be applied to a surgeon’s act of surgery. – Reproduced

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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Hurt, Grievous Hurt, Grievous Injury, Dangerous weapon, Violence, Surgeon’s Act, Surgery, life threatening, Section 320, Section 326, Voluntarily, Section 319, Section 321.
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Main entry heading The Indian Police Journal
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Subject DIP HEALTH SERVICES
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          Indian Institute of Public Administration Indian Institute of Public Administration 2020-10-28 67(1), Jan-Mar, 2020: p.122-133 AR123384 2020-10-28 Articles

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