Doctor not liable to personally monitor administration of injection by a trained nurse

Bhushan s/o Brijmohan Katta Vs State Of Maharashtra (Bombay High Court -Nagpur Bench) All that is alleged in the present case is that though the petitioner was on duty, he was not physically present in the NICU at the fateful moment. No material has been placed before us that whenever an injection has to be administered, it must be done under the supervision of the doctor on duty at the NICU. There is no allegation made against the petitioner that the nurse who administered the fatal doses of injection to the infants, had informed the petitioner that she was going to administer the injections ...