Jacob Mathew vs State Of Punjab & Anr on 5 August, 2005
The hospital in question was taken over under
section 65 of the Disaster Management Act in view of the fact that
the hospital was discharging the government duty. From
paragraph no.52 of the judgment in the case of "Jacob Mathew
v. State of Punjab"(supra), it is crystal clear that a private
complaint may not be entertained unless the complainant has
produced prima facie evidence before the court in the form of a
credible opinion given by another competent doctor to support the
charge of rashness or negligence on the part of the accused
doctor. It is also clear that the investigating officer should be very
cautious in proceeding with the investigation and should strictly
follow the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court made at
paragraph no.52 of the said judgment.