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World Health Organisation defined workplace violence as incidents where employees are abused, threatened,assaulted or subjected to other offensive behaviour in circumstances related to their work. According to anongoing study by the Indian Medical Association, over 75% of doctors have faced violence at work, majorityof the cases were reported from emergency wards and Intensive Care Units. In the last decade, Governmentsof 19 states in India have passed laws for the protection of physicians. However, the law is not beingeffectively implemented either due to lack of awareness or resistance from administration. A questionnairebased study was conducted on MBBS students to assess their level of awareness about violence on doctorsand protection laws. The knowledge among the students about these laws was very low, which could beimproved if the topic “Violence on Doctors” is included in the new competency based curriculum, separatelyin Forensic Medicine subject.