The 8th edition of the annual medico legal review held in Chandigarh reported that Maharshtra has become the third litigating state in the field of medical negligence with 17% of all medical legal cases.

On Friday, the 8th Annual Medico Legal Review, 2016 meet was held at Le Meridian in Pune by Institute of Medicine & Law (IML). The aim was to analyse the complete medico legal environment in the country, compiling comparative statistics of medical malpractice cases, examining current trends in medical malpractice cases and underlying reasons for increasing cases of medical negligence. This was expressed both by experts from medical and legal fraternities while discussing the various aspects of legal complications involved in medical treatments; particularly those with medical neglicance or faulty medical events occuring during treatment regimes.