Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 794 · Decided 5 September 2023
Prakash Bang v. Glaxo Smithkline Pharmaceuticals LTD. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 794 · [2023] 12 S.C.R. 567
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6791/2013
- Decided
- 5 September 2023
- Bench
- A.S. BOPANNA, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: Whether there is suffi cient evidence to establish that the complainant suff ered 'myositis' on administration of the vaccine Engerix-B; and whether even if 'myositis' being a minimal cause is accepted, the non-mentioning an 'adverse reaction' in the literature or 'vial', could be considered as 'defi ciency of service'. Consumer Protection Act, 1986 - Negligence - Defi ciency in service - Complainant alleging that on account of adverse reaction of the Hepatitis
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