Madras HC orders state govt hospitals to videograph all autopsies

The Madras High Court bench here Tuesday directed the government hospitals in Tamil Nadu to ensure the presence senior forensic experts during post-mortems, and videograph the procedure. Justices N Kirubakaran and S S Sundar gave the directive while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) of Aravind Swaminathan who alleged various lapses, including mentioning of wrong names and addresses in the post-mortem reports.

The petitioner claimed that over 700 post-mortem reports had not been signed by the doctor concerned. The court, on its own, ordered that the Dean of the Government Rajaji Hospital here be impleaded in the case and posted the matter to March 19 for further hearing.