Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 95 · Decided 10 February 2010
Kusum Sharma & Others v. Batra Hospital & Medical Research Centre & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 95 · [2010] 2 S.C.R. 685
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1385/2001
- Decided
- 10 February 2010
- Bench
- DALVEER BHANDARI, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 88, 92, 370; Consumer Protection Act
Headnote
685 KUSUM SHARMA & OTHERS v. BATRA HOSPITAL & MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE & OTHERS (Civil Appeal No.1385 of 2001) FEBRUARY 10, 2010 [DALVEER BHANDARI AND HARJIT SINGH BEDI! JJ.] Consumer Protection Act, 1986: A B c Deficiency in Service - Claim for compensation - Death of patient in Commission has rightly 0 held him not guilty of negligence - Merely because the doctor chooses one course of action in preference to the other, he would not be liable if the course of action chosen by him was acceptable to the medical profession - Tort - Negligence - Difference between
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