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26. Insofar as circumstances, under which second
PME could be conducted. High Court of Madras in
L Ramalakshmi Vs. Principal Secretary and Others5,
has observed at para-7 as follows:
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2021 SCC OnLine Mad 6244
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NC: 2024:KHC-D:5087
"7. .................... Re-postmortem cannot be
ordered for the asking. The person demanding
a second postmortem must make out a case
therefor. He must catalogue the omissions and
defects in the first postmortem. The
conscience of the court must be satisfied that
there is a need for a second postmortem for
the purpose of arriving at the truth. Minor
infractions of procedure will not impel the
court to order re-postmortem. The issue must
go to the root of the matter. Something
fundamental must have happened to shock the
court's conscience."