https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309427 Article 21 imposes a paramount duty to preserve human life, requiring doctors and hospitals to provide immediate medical aid to an injured person before any police or medico-legal formalities are completed. Procedural laws, zonal arrangements, and hospital rules cannot delay urgent treatment where life is at stake. The Code of Medical Ethics and the accepted position of medical authorities support the rule that the patient must be attended to first and formalities completed later. The legal effect is that emergency medical care is mandatory and may not be withheld on procedural grounds. en-us Mon, 28 Aug 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 02 Sep 2023 11:14:48 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309427 Article 21 imposes a paramount duty to preserve human life, requiring doctors and hospitals to provide immediate medical aid to an injured person before any police or medico-legal formalities are completed. Procedural laws, zonal arrangements, and hospital rules cannot delay urgent treatment where life is at stake. The Code of Medical Ethics and the accepted position of medical authorities support the rule that the patient must be attended to first and formalities completed later. The legal effect is that emergency medical care is mandatory and may not be withheld on procedural grounds. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 28 Aug 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309427