he possesses in giving the treatment. None of the above two essential conditions for establishing negligence stand satisfied in the case at hand as no evidence was brought on record to prove that Dr. Neeraj Sud had not exercised due diligence, care or skill which he possessed in operating the patient and giving treatment to him. 16. When reasonable care, expected of the medical professional, is extended or rendered to the patient unless contrary is proved, it would not be a case for 8actionable negligence. In a celebrated and very often cited decision in Bolam v. Friern Hospital Management Committee (Queen’s Bench Division)3, it was observed that a doctor is not negligent if he is acting in accordance with the acceptable norms of practice unless there is evidence of a medical body of skilled 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