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Revisit judgments regarding medical negligence: Supreme Court

Source: , Posted On:   29 June 2024

The Hon’ble Supreme Court recently observed that professions including medical doctors should be excluded from the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (CPA) and called for review of the judgments of the Court by a larger bench. Recently, in the case of Bar of Indian Lawyers through Its President Jasbir Singh Malik versus D. K. Gandhi PS National Institute of Communicable Diseases and Another decided on 14 May 2024, the Supreme Court held that lawyers are not covered under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (CPA) significantly. While laying down the law regarding the legal profession, the Hon’ble Court made a categorical suggestion for a review of a catena of judgments of the Supreme Court that say medical professionals can be sued for negligence under CPA. 

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