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2. Secretary and or his nominee, Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare to be nominated in consultation with Directorate General
Health Services;

3. Secretary and or his nominee from Ministry of Law and Justice;

4. Jt. Commissioner (Traffic) – Delhi Police;

5. Chief of the AIIMS Trauma Centre;

6. The Director General or his nominee not below the rank of the
Additional Director General of the Protection Road
Organizations;

7. Save Life foundation representative;

8. Mr. M.P. Tiwari or his nominee from any of the NAOS John
Ambulance representative.

The scope of reference of the Committee inter alia included

following aspects with which we are concerned in the instant matter;

“(ix) Identify the root causes for fear of harassment and legal
hassles in general public regarding helping injured
victims.
(x) Deliberate and develop a set of guidelines for protecting Good
Samaritans from police harassment and legal hassles. The
guidelines will aim to address the root causes for fear of
harassment and legal hassles in general public regarding
helping injured victims. These guidelines will also serve as a
foundation for further legislative work in the area of protecting
Good Samaritans.”

The Committee was required to submit report to this Court within

three months. On 14.8.2014, this Court passed an order to have the

views of concerned ministries of Union of India. This Court observed in

order dated 24.9.2014 that in this petition the only issue which is

required to be addressed is with regard to ‘Good Samaritans’. All other

issues that arise in the writ petition have already been referred to the

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