Probative value of medical evidence towards establishing ultimate probandum and penultimate probanda in a court room

Abstract

<p>This article attempts to re-emphasize the probative value of medical evidence especially in a criminal court of adversarial nature, towards establishing the ultimate probandum. Further it is intended in this paper to identify a few issues pertaining to the effective use of medical evidence in the Sri Lankan judicial system for this purpose (in proof of a probandum) and propose remedial alternatives with an intention to constructively improve the system.</p>