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New Delhi, Nov 28: A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>parliamentary\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>panel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>think\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>enacting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>suitable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>protections\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>healthcare\u00a0<\/span>professionals,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>occasionally\u00a0<\/span>experience\u00a0<\/span><\/span>violence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>family\u00a0<\/span>members\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>companions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>patients.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>memorandum\u00a0<\/span><\/span>submitted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>various\u00a0<\/span><\/span>medical\u00a0<\/span>associations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>asked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Parliamentary\u00a0<\/span>Standing\u00a0<\/span>Committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Home\u00a0<\/span>Affairs,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>chaired\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>member\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brij\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lal,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>introduce\u00a0<\/span><\/span>provisions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Clause\u00a0<\/span><\/span>115\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bharatiya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nyaya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanhita\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(BNS)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>penalise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>acts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>violence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>healthcare\u00a0<\/span>service\u00a0<\/span><\/span>personnel.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>then\u00a0<\/span>examined\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>proposed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>criminal\u00a0<\/span>laws.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>report,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>evidence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>presented\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>panel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>indicating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>contrast\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>professions,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>healthcare\u00a0<\/span>workers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>susceptible\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201cviolent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attacks\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>patient\u00a0<\/span>relatives\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>situations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>where\u00a0<\/span><\/span>patients\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pass\u00a0<\/span><\/span>away\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>receiving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>treatment.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>medical\u00a0<\/span><\/span>associations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>informed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>need\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>establish\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>protections\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>healthcare\u00a0<\/span>workers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span><\/span>violent\u00a0<\/span>attacks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>common\u00a0<\/span><\/span>across\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>nation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>Home\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Ministry<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>responded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>saying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>distinction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>penal\u00a0<\/span>laws\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>class\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>subject\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>general\u00a0<\/span><\/span>penal\u00a0<\/span>provisions.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>home\u00a0<\/span>ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emphasised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>everyone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>equal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>eyes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>law.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>duty\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>safeguard\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>lives\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>citizens,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>medical\u00a0<\/span>professionals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>professionals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>advocates,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bankers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chartered\u00a0<\/span>accountants,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>media\u00a0<\/span><\/span>personnel.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>home\u00a0<\/span>ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>noted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>making\u00a0<\/span><\/span>special\u00a0<\/span>provisions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>physicians\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>health\u00a0<\/span>care\u00a0<\/span><\/span>workers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>might\u00a0<\/span>lead\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>demands\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>similar\u00a0<\/span>nature\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>other\u00a0<\/span>professions,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>advocates,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bankers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chartered\u00a0<\/span>accountants,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>members\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>media.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>advised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>home\u00a0<\/span>ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Health\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Family\u00a0<\/span>Welfare\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>considering\u00a0<\/span>introducing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Medical\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Professionals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Act”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>protect\u00a0<\/span><\/span>healthcare\u00a0<\/span>workers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>violent\u00a0<\/span>attacks.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>home\u00a0<\/span>ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>promised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>get\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>update\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>matter.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“opines\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>consider\u00a0<\/span><\/span>introducing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appropriate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>safeguards\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>healthcare\u00a0<\/span>workers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>considering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>concerns\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>healthcare\u00a0<\/span><\/span>personnel.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Clause\u00a0<\/span><\/span>115\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BNS,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anyone\u00a0<\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intentionally\u00a0<\/span>causes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>harm\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>punished\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>either\u00a0<\/span>type\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>imprisonment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>term\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>exceed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seven\u00a0<\/span>years,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>well\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>fine,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>if\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>harm\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>grievous\u00a0<\/span>harm\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intends\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>cause\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>knows\u00a0<\/span><\/span>himself\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>likely\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cause.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Along\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bharatiya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nyaya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanhita\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(BNS-2023)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bharatiya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sakshya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Adhiniyam\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(BSA-2023)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bills,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bharatiya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nagarik\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Suraksha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanhita\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(BNSS-2023)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>introduced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lok\u00a0<\/span>Sabha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>August\u00a0<\/span>11.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>proposed\u00a0<\/span>laws\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aim\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>supersede\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>Evidence\u00a0<\/span>Act\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1872,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>Penal\u00a0<\/span>Code\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1860,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Code\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Criminal\u00a0<\/span>Procedure\u00a0<\/span>Act\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1898,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>order.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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