Advocate & Medico Legal Consultant

Dr. M. C. Gupta is a doctor turned lawyer. He is a practicing advocate with health and medical law as the area of special interest. He is a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association and Indian Law Institute. He takes up cases for both patients and doctors and has been engaged for his legal expertise by several IMAs and other associations of doctors.

He has completed MBBS and MD in Medicine from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where he was a faculty member for 18 years. Later, he worked for 10 years as Professor at the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, where he was also the Dean.

He has an MPH degree from the University of San Carlos, Guatemala, Central America. He has been a Fellow of the United Nations University. He also holds an LL.B degree from Delhi University and LL.M. from Kurukshetra University. He joined the Bar in 2001.

He is the author of about 25 books on medicine, health and law. His book “Law for Doctors: 150 questions answered” has been quite popular. A second revised version is expected to be published around April 2015.

Medico Legal Consultant

Medico-legal Consultant, Toxicologist & Forensic Expert Senior Consultant on PNDT, MTP, CEA, Consumer Protection Acts and All Medical Laws

Former District Appropriate Authority–cum-Civil Surgeon

Formerly also worked as Director Health Services (Family Welfare) -cum- Member, State Supervisory Board, Haryana under PC & PNDT Act

During this he has prepared thousands of MLR reports, conducted several thousand post mortem, attended hundreds of courts at various level as medico-legal experts, inquired hundreds of alleged cases of medical negligence, false and fraudulent act of, organ transplantation

Conducted inquerie and investigations in several complaints against Govt. doctors, institutions as well as private doctors and clinical establishment while holding administrative post as SMO, District Programme Officer, PMO, Civil Surgeon, Chief Medical Officer and Director Health Services, Haryana