Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 154 · Decided 25 March 1998
M/S. Spring Meadows Hospital Ano ANR. v. Harjol Ahulwalia Through K.S. Ahulwalia and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 154 · [1998] 2 S.C.R. 428
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7708/1997
- Decided
- 25 March 1998
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act Section 2(i)(d)(ii)
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986-Section 2(i)(d)(ii)-Consumer­ Definition of-ls wide and includes J:erson who hires or avail services-And C also beneficiary of such services others than the person who hires or avails services-Minor child admitted and treated in the hospital by doctor-Held, both be 'Consumer' within the meaning of Section 2(i)(d)(ii). D Compensation-Medical Services-Minor child admitted to hospital- Diagnosised as Typhoid Fever-Jnjuction administered without testing sensitivity-Child collapsed-Suffered cardiac arrest-Rendered in vegetative state, brain
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