Failing to introduce biometric attendance system in state- and civic-run hospitals has left the government at the risk of being pulled up for contempt. A division bench of Bombay High Court Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice NM Jamdar, hearing a PIL, on June 20 ordered the introduction of the system to ensure only forensic experts conduct post mortem (PM) procedures.

On June 25, government pleader Purnima Kantharia forwarded the observations to additional chief secretary (home) and eight other bureaucrats in the health and police departments, asking the heads of all mortuaries to comply and maintain entries.