The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a city-based doctor in a medical negligence case, holding that the prosecution was initiated without obtaining an expert medical opinion, as mandated by the Supreme Court guidelines. Justice Bibhas Ranjan De, delivering the judgment, emphasised that the failure to adhere to this procedural safeguard rendered the continuation of the case against the doctor an abuse of the process of law. The case originated from a complaint filed by the son of a deceased patient who had been admitted to Charnock Hospital in Teghoria, Kolkata, in January 2018.
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