The Kerala High Court has issued certain guidelines for the cases involving medical negligence and for the constitution and functioning of the Expert Panel as well as the Apex Committee. A medical practitioner had approached the Court who was an accused for the offence under Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC). A Single Bench of Justice V.G. Arun observed, “The precedents, the circulars issued by the Government of Kerala and the Governments of other States and the suggestions/submissions of the learned counsel on both sides leaves no room for doubt that the Government of Kerala should formulate guidelines for the constitution and functioning of the Expert Panel as well as the Apex Committee.” Also Read - Allegation Of Rape On False Promise Of Marriage Can’t Legally Exist When Victim Is Already In Subsisting Marriage: Kerala High Court Advocates John S. Ralph and C.R. Sanish appeared for the Petitioner while Senior Advocate and AGP Gracious Kuriakose appeared for the Respondents. Advocate Akash S. was appointed as the Amicus Curiae. Factual Background In 2023, a person was admitted at the Amala Medical College with a lacerated wound on his chest. The wife of the injured, who had accompanied him, stated that the wound was the result of a drunken accident, when the injured slipped and fell on a sharp piece of wood. The patient, who was conscious and speaking coherently, supported his wife's version. The wife also informed that the patient was initially taken to the Government Hospital and from there he was referred to the Medical College. Instead of following the advice, the patient was taken to the ESI Hospital and referred to the Amala Medical College. While undergoing treatment over there, the patient succumbed to death. In the postmortem, it was observed that despite decrease in oxygen saturation and moderate fluid collection with collapse of underlying lung, there was no evidence of any active intervention performed to remove the collected blood.