P&H: Quashes Summoning Order in Medical Negligence Case, Says Trial Court Ignored Its Own Direction for Second Medical Opinion
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed a summoning order passed against a doctor in a criminal complaint alleging medical negligence, holding that the trial court acted improperly by issuing summons without waiting for an expert opinion it had itself ordered from PGI Chandigarh.
The case arose from a complaint filed by Sourabh Chhabra, who alleged that his 22-year-old sister died after treatment at the doctor’s hospital in Gurugram. He claimed that a Voveran injection was administered, complications followed, and the patient was shifted to another hospital where she was declared dead. He also alleged that police action was...
