Clinical Forensic Medicine is the application of forensic medical techniques to living. To address the un-met forensic needs of victims who are survivors of violent crimes and trauma there is urgent need of examination of victims of violence by a specially trained person in  medico-legal matters i.e. clinical forensic physicians. In this program, the clinical forensic physicians will evaluate adult and pediatric victims of blunt and penetrating trauma, sexual and physical abuse and collect evidentiary material when indicated. In this paper the importance of clinical forensic medicine program and recommendations given by the “Survey Committee Report on Medico-Legal Practices in India 1964” regarding its implementation are presented.

Keywords: Clinical forensic medicine; Victims of violence; Forensic physicians; Survey committee report.