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HEMANT GUPTA, FATEHDEEP SINGH
State of Punjab – Appellant
Versus
Mohinder Singh – Respondent
Hemant Gupta, J.— A Division Bench of this Court, while deciding Murder Reference No.8 of 2007 titled State of Punjab v. Mohinder Singh, noticing spelling mistakes in the medical evidence given by the Doctors, gave the following directions:
“In view of the aforesaid, in order to ensure that medical evidence is placed on Court records in correct and clear terms and also that Presiding Officers of Courts do not take it lightly, we direct the Registrar (Judicial) to issue instructions to Secretaries (Health) and Director General/Directors (Health Services), and Presiding Officers of Courts in Punjab, Haryana and U.T. Chandigarh, that at the time of recording of evidence of Doctors, who are produced as expert witnesses, Courts shall ask them (Medical Doctors etc.) to submit medical reports on affidavit in clear terms with correct spelling.”
2. In pursuance of above directions, the Registrar (Rules) has issued a communication dated 28.8.2008 to the effect that requisite affidavits are required to be prepared by the Doctors, who appear as expert witnesses, as the original records always remain with them, which they can use/refer to, while preparing their affidavits.
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