The classical concept of doctor-patient relationship born in the golden days of family physicians has undergone drastic change due to dramatic advancement in medical technology, availability of sophisticated imaging system, high-tech electronics and preponderance of new diseases. With the immense strides in technology health care has emerged as a profitable sector attracting investors from varied background in our country and the doctors get to spend less and less time with their patients. Owing to lack of time of the doctors to communicate adequately with the patients, the patient-dissatisfaction is on the rise. Naturally, the disgruntled patients are resorting to legal remedy for ‘Medical Negligence’ Medical negligence, now days have become one of the serious issues in India. Our experience tells us that medical profession, one of the noblest professions, is not immune to negligence which at times results in death of patient or complete / partial impairment of limbs, or culminates into another misery. There are instances wherein most incompetent or ill/under educated doctors, on their volition, have made prey the innocent patients. The magnitude of negligence or deliberate conduct of the medical professionals has many times led to litigation. The present paper aims to analyze the concept of negligence in medical profession in the light of interpretation of law by the various tribunals & courts of India and remedies available to it.