It is an established fact that students learn Anatomy from the dead. Cadaver dissection is present since the time of Vesalius, where there was a physician-teacher performing dissection in the theatre surrounded by the students. Dissection of the human body has been globally considered a time honoured and an essential part of medical training for both undergraduate and postgraduate students as a part of learning human anatomy. It is designed to give medical students, a three dimensional view of the interior of the body. It is a known fact that a good medical or surgical practice can only be achieved, if the foundation on which it is based, is strong. This firm foundation comes from from learning human dissection. Thus dissection training has remained an important part of medical curriculum. Anatomy teaching in medical colleges has been traditionally based around the use of human cadaveric specimens, either taking the whole body specimens for complete dissection or as prosected specimens. But are the ethics of a dissection hall maintained by students and staff of Anatomy in medical colleges? This paper deals with safety and ethical issues of cadaver dissection by medical students.