Having trained and worked in India as a psychiatrist and working in forensic psychiatry here in United Kingdom , I think India does need professionals who can deal with psychiatry and law but it's too early as the justice system and police are not able to work to some basic standards and mental health act , recent bill and Liaison with psychiatry needs lots of manpower development , change in attitude and work culture and most important thing , respect of basic human rights !

And the presumption in India that any MBBS doctor can undertake an autopsy is absurd and useless , the science is so advanced and technical now , it needs to have specialists who deal with it rather than police pressurising any poor doctor in a rural area to confirm the cause of death

We have been working to improve scenario of forensic medicine in India. Please read uniform guidelines for forensic work , given in my profile as first step to bring some uniformity in the work. Beside this we are working on 62 PG module on this subject to instill more skills among fraternity.

sir the question raised by you is very important.

But to answer this we have to first introspect our own backyard. As many of us had entered this field by default and not by choice. At any given time most of the forensic medicine person had left the actual work and either studied and practised different specialities or went to private colleges for hefty perks without having to do actual practical forensic work.

Even in many of our colleges the routine medicolegal work are done by medical officers/ houseofficers having plain MBBS degree.

Sir no one will come and blew any magic stick to revamp our subject. It is we, that have to revamp it by doing as much practical work and show our importance in the eyes of judiciary, government, and our own collegues of other subjects.

Lets start from our own home and then spread this messages to other.

First we have to well versed in our own subject from basics and then we have to move to start the superspecialities in our subject.

Time will answer whether we survive or extinguish. But give our all honest efforts, we will definitely succed and in future 20 years we will the prime speciality to which all will crazily admire.

we all waiting for MCI to implement new curriculum , hope for the best

Currently in South Africa we are using both invasive and non- invasive techniques  with regard to collection of evidentiary matter from victims of crime. Still using multisectorial expertise which has its own disadvantages. I think to curb crime through medicine, we can either have interproffessional education for stakeholders involved, or train doctors and nurses in these other fields to enhance meticulousness

Let me indicate that not any other doctor performs an autopsy. You obtain your basic course in your medicine for seven years and then specialise in forensic pathology as a postgrad programme for a maximum of four years. Nurses currently do only clinical forensic which includes sexual assault, drunk and driving, motor vehicle and physical assault examination. Providing expert testimony in court, crisis intervention is also included in the course for nurses of which i belong

Skill based  modular teaching  of subject during postgraduate training  can improve scenario. Skills are limited in present training so when they face actual problematic cases then they are  easily exposed.