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Morning Digest | Under new law, doctors face two years of imprisonment for death due to negligence; Modi promised corrective measures for ‘serious’ security breach at Parliament, and more

Under new law, doctors face two years of imprisonment for death due to negligence

Contrary to what Union Home Minister Amit Shah told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, the amended Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Bill, 2023 (BNSS) does not provide a blanket exemption to doctors in cases of death due to negligence; instead, it prescribes a maximum two-year imprisonment in such cases, slightly lower than the punishment for other cases.

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