: Thursday, May 13, 2021, 4:38 PM IST We will fail in our duty if we don t protect them : Bombay High Court amid rising cases of assault on doctors
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The Bombay High Court bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish Kulkarni on Thursday said it is the obligation of the Maharashtra government to protect the doctors from any kind of assault on them by the relatives of patients, especially during the prevailing situation.
The bench led by CJ Datta has also ordered the Maharashtra government to submit a detailed note spelling out the total number of FIRs lodged over incidents of assault on doctors and also the provisions of law invoked against the assailants in these cases.