Medicolegal
Update
(Dr Sudhir
Gupta, Additional Prof, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, AIIMS)
In criminal cases, no fee is paid to any witness, including the doctor, at the time of serving the summons. The summoned doctor must attend the Court and give evidence because of the interest of the State in securing truth/justice, otherwise the doctor will be charged with contempt of Court. However, in criminal cases, conveyance charges and daily allowance can be claimed by the doctor according to Government rules.
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