Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 669 · Decided 10 May 1996
Poonam Verma v. Ashwin Patel & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 669 · [1996] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 671
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8856/1994
- Decided
- 10 May 1996
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, S. SAGHIR AHMAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act Section 2(1)(o)
Headnote
B Tarts : Negligence-Doctor holding Diploma in Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery registered under Bombay Homoeopathic Practitioners Act, C 1959-Specific mandate under S. 20(12)(a) thereof that such registered prac­ titioner "shall practice Homoeopathy only''-Administration of Allopathic field of Al/apathy in contravention of statui01y provisions was liable to be prosecuted under S. 15(3) of Indian Medical Council Ac' 1956-Was guilty of negligence per D se-In the circumstances of the case, doctor directed to pay Rs. 3 lakhs to widow of deceased'-Bombay Homoeopachic
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