Forensic Histopathology: Bane or a boon?

Histopathological examination in medico legal post mortem examination is amongst the additional investigations that is aimed to procure further information pertaining to cause and circumstances of death. Though, a few case reports highlighting the importance of histopathological examination have been published in medical literature, there have also been some indigenous and overseas studies which have labeled it as the least useful modality which leads to waste of temporal and monitoring resources. The present study was undertaken to re-search the advantage and limitations of histopathological examination in medicolegal postmortem examination cases by applying objective parameters i.e. efficiency and effectiveness.