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Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

“Hospitals are vicariously liable for the acts of negligence committed by their doctors”; NCDRC grants compensation of Rs 1 crore to the parents who lost their only child in a corrective surgery for squint eye

Human life is most precious; therefore, it is extremely difficult to decide on the quantum of compensation in medical negligence cases, it is highly subjective in nature.

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Infected sponge left in the abdomen of a woman post Caesarian surgery, constitutes medical negligence; NCDRC directs compensation of Rs. 5 lakhs to the aggrieved party

“No amount of money can turn back the time and reverse the harm already done, but receiving compensation for unnecessary surgery or surgical errors can at least help the patient to overcome some of the challenges that lie ahead”

Case Briefs High Courts

[Medical Negligence] Del HC | Person performing surgery on pregnant women leading to death of the patient: Court rejects bail for offence under Ss. 315, 304 IPC

Delhi High Court: Manoj Kumar Ohri, J., denied bail to the petitioner who is accused of commission of offence under Section 315 (act

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Utter apathy of “supposed to be renowned” hospitals providing healthcare services to citizens of Delhi; No regard to misery suffered by citizens

Delhi High Court: Navin Chawla, J., while addressing the present matter noted the utter apathy of the respondent hospitals that are supposed to

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Medical Negligence| “Suffering of ailment by the patient after surgery is one thing, it may be due to myriad of reasons known in medical jurisprudence”

“The subject of negligence in the context of medical profession necessarily calls for treatment with a difference.” -CJ R.C. Lahoti (as he