{"id":42396,"date":"2016-04-10T07:55:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T02:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=42396"},"modified":"2016-04-10T08:04:35","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T02:34:35","slug":"hc-asks-centre-assist-woman-getting-autopsy-report-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-asks-centre-assist-woman-getting-autopsy-report-us","title":{"rendered":"HC asks Centre to assist woman in getting autopsy report in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Marital-disputes.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42148\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"42148\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/marital-disputes-need-conciliation-settlement-hc\/marital-disputes\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Marital-disputes.jpg?fit=604%2C402&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"604,402\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"child pornography\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;child pornography&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Youth gets life term for killing girlfriend&amp;#8217;s parents&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Marital-disputes.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Marital-disputes.jpg?fit=604%2C402&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-42148\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Marital-disputes.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"child pornography\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Marital-disputes.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Marital-disputes.jpg?w=604&amp;ssl=1 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to provide &#8220;all possible assistance&#8221; to a woman for obtaining the autopsy report of her husband, who died in July 2013 due to an alleged cardiac arrest in US, for initiating legal proceedings there.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Manmohan passed the direction on a petition filed by Binu M K who had approached the court seeking a direction to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to make available the autopsy and medical reports of her husband Manoj M C.<\/p>\n<p>The woman told the court her husband, who was working as an assistant security officer on a cruise liner &#8216;CarnivalTriumph&#8217; at Florida, had died of a cardiac arrest on July 28, 2013 while on duty.<\/p>\n<p>Her counsel claimed the deceased&#8217;s friends and co-workers had informed that there was gross negligence on the company&#8217;s part as Manoj was suffering from acute pain for more than eight hours but the firm allegedly did not provide basic medical facilities to him.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer said she needed the autopsy and medical reports for taking legal action against the company.<\/p>\n<p>The counsel appearing for the Centre handed over to the court an e-mail written by Consul General of India at Houston which stated that sharing of medical records in the US was an issue covered by strict privacy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will approach the Ministry to allow us to hire an attorney to go through the legal\/court process to obtain relevant medical records\/autopsy report for the next of kin in accordance with local privacy laws,&#8221; the e-mail said.<\/p>\n<p>After the e-mail was handed over to the court, Binu&#8217;s advocate said he wish to withdraw the petition with liberty to file proceedings in a court in the US.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer, however, requested the court that the MEA and Consul General of India at Houston be directed to provide all assistance to her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Consequently, the present writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with a direction to the respondents (MEA and others) to render all possible assistance to the petitioner in accordance with law,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to provide &#8220;all possible assistance&#8221; to a woman for obtaining the autopsy report of her husband, who died in July 2013 due to an alleged cardiac arrest in US, for initiating legal proceedings there. 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