Supreme Court of India
Maharaja Agrasen Hospital & Ors. v. Master Rishabh Sharma & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
Accordingly, we allow Civil Appeal No. 9461 of 2019 (Diary No. 15393 of 2019) filed by the Complainants.
Judgment, page 48
From the headnote
Medical Negligence – Respondents Nos. 1 to 3-complainants filed a complaint of medical negligence against appellant No. 1- hospital and appellant Nos. 2 to 4-the Paediatricians and ophthalmologist doctors working with the hospital and respondent No. 4-the Gynaecologist before the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission – NCDRC held the appellant no. 1-hospital guilty of medical negligence, since they failed to carry out the mandatory check up of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) on respondent No. 1, who was a pre-term baby, which led to his total blindness and appellants Nos. 1 to 4…
Authorities it was built on
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- 2009 Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences v. Prasanath S. Dhananka & Ors.
- 2014 Occupational Health and Safety Association v. Union of India and Others
- 1996 Achutrao Haribhau Khodwa and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
- 2010 Kusum Sharma & Others v. Batra Hospital & Medical Research Centre & Others
- 2009 Malay Kumar Ganguly v. Dr. Sukumar Mukherjee and Others
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- 2013 Dr. Balram Prasad v. Dr. Kunal Saha & Ors.
- 2019 Arun Kumar Manglik v. Chirayu Health and Medicare Private Ltd. & Anr.
- 1999 State of Himachal Pradesh v. Jai Lal and Ors.
- 2018 Dr. S. K. Jhunjhunwala v. Mrs. Dhanwanti Kaur & Anr.
- 2015 V Krishnakumar v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
- 1968 Laxman Balkrishna Joshi v. Trimbak Bapu Godbole and Anr.
- 2013 Commissioner of Central Excise, Chennal-ii Commissionerate, Chennai v. M/s. Australian Foods India (p) Ltd., Chennai
- 2009 P.G. Institute of Medical Education & Research Chandigarh v. Jaspal Singh & Ors.
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