We are living in an era where the last career that anyone would ever aspire to pursue professionally has been marketed. It is a medical profession. Thus, it has now fallen under the ambit of the Consumer Protection Act. Medical carelessness, now days have become one of the severe challenges in India. The medical profession is controlled by legislation and by a code of ethics and etiquette. This article shows how medical negligence is a violation of human rights and the right to health which is an inherent basic right and falls within the broader perspective of Article 21 (Right to Life) (Right to Life). It is a concept accepted by our as well as by other legal systems that ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaching it. The norm is sometimes represented in the form of a legal assumption that everyone knows the law. It is the job of every individual to know that part of it which affects him.

Medical negligence, Human Rights, right to life, Consumer Protection, Legal Duty