Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 234 · Decided 24 April 2000
State of Haryana and ORS. v. SMT.SANTRA
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 234 · [2000] 3 S.C.R. 195
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2897/2000
- Decided
- 24 April 2000
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, D.P. WADHWA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 125; Consumer Protection Act Section 2
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act 1986-Sections 2( I)( o J and ( g). Medical Negligence-Damages for-Labourer lady had undergone steri­ lisation operation at Government Hospital since she had already seven children and was issued a cretificate to this effect-However, she gave birth to a female child-It of the moral and statutory obligation of the parents to maintain their minor children, the poor lady entitled to damages for medical negligence-State is also vicariously liable for the negligence of its employees Criminal Procedure Code, S. 125. Hindu Law: Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act,
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)