Supreme Court of India
M/s Sheth M L Vaduwala Eye Hospital v. Oriental Insurance Company Limited and Others
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For the above reasons, no fault can be found with the ultimate findings of the NCDRC. While it is true that the NCDRC has interfered in the exercise of its revisional jurisdiction, it was justified in doing so since a joint and several liability could not have been fastened on the insurer under insurance policies which were not obtained by the hospital.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Consumer Protection: Medical negligence – Liability of Hospital – Appellant a charitable hospital conducted an eye camp and performed cataract surgeries on 112 patients – Patients complained of negligence in performance of surgeries by use of non-sterilized appliances, contaminated medicines and lenses of an inferior quality resulting in eye infections and loss of vision – State Government appointed a Committee to enquire into the causes which led, inter alia, to several patients having lost their eye-sight – Consumer complaints instituted by consumer organization against the hospital and the…
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