Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 915 · Decided 1 October 2018
DR. S. K. Jhunjhunwala v. MRS. Dhanwanti Kaur & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 915 · [2018] 12 S.C.R. 868
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3971/2011
- Decided
- 1 October 2018
- Bench
- ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, VINEET SARAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 - Medical Negligence - When not - Appellant performed laparoscopy and thereafter general surgery to remove the Gall Bladder of Respondent No.1 - Respondent No.1 filed complaint alleging negligence by the appellant in performing compensation for the mental suffering and pain suffered by her throughout after the surgery as a result of various ailments suffered by her post surgery - Respondent No.1 further alleged that she never gave consent for performing general surgery of her Gall Bladder rather she had given
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