persons in the field opining that the accepted principles/procedure were not followed. The test so laid down popularly came to be known as Bolam’s test and stands approved by the Supreme Court in Jacob Mathews v. State of Punjab and Another4. If we apply the same in the present case, we would find that Dr. Neeraj Sood was a competent and a skilled doctor possessing requisite qualification to perform PTOSIS surgery and to administer the requisite treatment and that he had followed the accepted mode of practice in performing the surgery and that there was no material to establish any overt act or omission to prove negligence on his part. As stated earlier, no evidence was adduced to prove that he had not exercised sufficient 3 English Law (1957) 1 WLR 582 4 2005(6) SCC 1 9care or has failed to exercise due skill in performing the surgery. 17. In Jacob Mathews (supra) this Court held that a professional may be held liable for negligence if he is not possessed of the requisite skill which