The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR alleging criminal medical negligence against a private hospital and its senior gynaecologist for leaving a cotton mop inside a woman's abdomen during her c-section surgery. Justice Amit Mahajan said that at best, it was a case which could have delineated a civil liability and that the lapse did not warrant criminal liability. The petition was filed by...
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