PG Diploma in Medical Jurisprudence

The Guru Nanak Dev University's Faculty of Law offers PG Diploma in Medical Jurisprudence to its students. The course structure for it is as follows:

Paper-I: Basic Principles of Medical Jurisprudence
History of Forensic Medicine
Legal and Ethical Aspect of Medical Practice
Law Courts and Legal Procedure
Powers of the Courts in India
Important Constitutional Aspects

Paper-II: Medical Aspects of Law
Law and Medicine
Medico-Legal Examination of Living Persons
Factories Act
Medico-Legal Aspects of Death
Post-mortem examination
Some Provisions of IPC

Paper-III: Forensic Medicine
Personal Identity
Postmortem examination and artifacts (AUTOPSY)

Paper-IV Specimen Handling and Toxicology
-Examination of biological fluids, stains and other material
DNA profiling/Finger printing
-Disputed Paternity and maternity
Toxicology -Definition and importance in law