TO THE HON’BLE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL)
Filed by: Aman Azad, Disability Rights Activist
Versus
Union of India
WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 32 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
Seeking: Mandatory video recording of surgeries, body-worn cameras for medical personnel, and QR code-based medicine verification to ensure patient safety and medical transparency.
TO
The Hon’ble Chief Justice of India and His Companion Justices
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The Petitioner files this PIL under Article 32, invoking the right to life and safe healthcare under Article 21. This petition seeks urgent reforms to address medical negligence, malpractice, and counterfeit drugs threatening public health in India.
Medical profession is the most noble profession yet in India many doctors have become worst than dacoits and thugs and they fleece ordinary people by prescribing unnecessary medications to get monetary benefits from medicine manufacturing companies and they do unwanted surgeries on healthy people just to take their money and many already dead people are kept on ICU ventilators showing them as alive to further their loot. Patients are being tortured and not given proper medical care and in many cases raped and sexually assaulted because they know there’s no video evidence.
1. PRELIMINARY SUBMISSIONS
1.1 The Petitioner requests:
Mandatory video recording of surgeries and all tests of blood and body scans should be done under cctv supervision.
Body-worn cameras (BWCs) for medical personnel.
QR code-based verification for prescribed medicines with QR scanner upload directly from hospital to verify which medicines are given under cctv recording.
1.2 These reforms are technologically viable and critical to restore trust in India’s healthcare system.
1.3 Global precedents (USA, UK, South Korea) show improved safety and accountability with cctv cameras inside hospitals and body worn cameras by hospital staff. India’s Digital Health Mission supports swift implementation of good health practices.
2. FACTS OF THE CASE
2.1 A 2019 study estimates 5.2 million annual cases of preventable medical negligence, often unaddressed due to lack of cctv evidence.
2.2 The NPPA notes hospitals overcharge for branded drugs while using generics violating fair trade.
2.3 WHO reports 10-15% of medicines in India are substandard or counterfeit, risking lives.
2.4 Global examples: Body worn cameras in U.S. hospitals cut violence against staff by 47%.
QR code verification in South Korea curbs drug fraud.
Video recording in South Korea and the EU boosts patient safety.
2.5 India’s judiciary has embraced courtroom live-streaming, setting a transparency precedent.
3. GROUNDS FOR THIS PETITION
3.1 Medical opacity and errors violate Article 21 right to life and health.
3.2 Widespread healthcare malpractices affect millions, warranting public interest intervention.
3.3 Global standards endorse technological accountability measures.
3.4 India’s Digital Health Ecosystem enables secure data storage and traceability.
4. PRAYERS FOR RELIEF
The Petitioner prays this Honourable Court to:
a) Issue a writ of mandamus for hospitals to record surgeries via encrypted video, stored securely for five years, accessible only upon patient complaint.
b) Mandate body worn cameras
for medical staff to deter negligence and protect staff and all tests of blood and body scans should be done under cctv supervision for greater trust between patients and medical staff.
c) Require QR code verification for medicines, linked to a national database and installation of QR code scanner in all hospitals.
d) Establish a regulatory authority to ensure compliance and privacy.
e) Form an expert committee to study global practices and draft Standard Operating Procedures.
f) Pass any further orders deemed just for public welfare.
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Aman Azad
