Medical Jurisprudence & Toxicology Foundations is a live, online course designed for Doctors, Lawyers, Police Officers, Judicial Officers, Prosecutors, Law Students, Human and Social Right Enthusiasts and Activists,  any one interested in forensic and scientific analysis of crime. 

Why this course matters

Modern medicine, biotechnology and forensic science drive criminal investigations and courtroom outcomes—but most legal and investigative professionals are not trained to interpret medical data or spot flaws in “scientific” evidence. This course closes that gap so you can recognise what counts as reliable investigation, which techniques are admissible, and how to read the evidence that shapes justice.

What you’ll be able to do

• Identify medical evidence and know when BNSS (2023) requires it
• Weigh medical testimony in court
• Understand interrogation tools referenced in BNSS and the limits of forensic-lab capacity
• Handle personal identification—living or deceased
• Apply medico-legal principles to examine living persons, biological stains and hair
• Decode injury and wound reports (burns, electricity, mechanical violence, traffic collisions)
• Evaluate medical evidence in sexual offences and other causes of death
• Read post-mortem reports, establish time of death, and analyse sudden natural deaths
• Grasp the medico-legal aspects of asphyxia, starvation, temperature extremes and poisons

Course Overview

*See full schedule below.

Who should attend

• Lawyers • Police & Judicial officers • Prosecutors • Law students

• Doctors • Human-rights advocates

• Anyone keen on forensic and scientific analysis of crime

Your instructor

Justice K. Kannan (Retd.)

• Former judge of the High Court of Madras (2008)
• Former judge of the High Courts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh (2008 – 2016)
• Ex-Chairperson, National Railway Claims Tribunal, New Delhi
• Founder of Madhyasatham mediation initiative
• Author/editor of Law and Medicine: Exploring Areas of Intersection (2nd Ed., 2025) and Modi’s A Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology (27th Ed., 2021).

Class Schedule — Topics by Date*

*Schedule and sequence are tentative and may be adjusted by the instructor.

Questions this course will answer

• What is DNA evidence, how is it gathered, and can collection errors secure an acquittal?
• What is narco-analysis and can it be conducted without consent?
• Can your voice sample be taken and used in evidence?
• Which medical tests can you be subjected to during an investigation?
• How do you read an injury or post-mortem report?

Ready to master medico-legal evidence?

Click Enroll Now to reserve your seat for ₹ 3,999 and gain the confidence to let science work for—never against—justice.