Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173 -- Police report - Direction issued that report of police officer on the completion of investigation shall contain the following: (i) A report in the form prescribed by State Government stating : (a) names of the parties; (b) nature of the information; (c) names of the persons who appear to be acquainted with the circumstances of..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 12 -- Medical negligence - In cases of deficiency of medical services, duty of care does not end with surgery...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 12 -- Medical negligence - Cataract surgery - Permanent loss of vision in the right eye - Lapses in duty of care both pre-operative and post-operative standards for conducting traumatic cataract surgery - Expert evidence not controverted due to absence of cross examination and failure to bring on record any other contradictory expert..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 23 -- Medical negligence - Development of hoarseness in voice after surgery - Mere reliance on medical literature would not be sufficient to exonerate Hospital from its duty of ensuring that Head of Department, Anesthesia ought to have inserted Double Lumen tube - Instead he was not available and task was delegated to a trainee..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 23 -- Medical negligence - Development of hoarseness in voice after surgery - District Forum has not taken all the relevant aspects into consideration for arriving at a rightful compensation payable to deceased - However, since the appellant expired during pendency of proceedings before NCDRC, no useful purpose would be served in..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 149 -- Murder - Medical evidence - Only one kind of weapon i.e chopper was used in committing the crime - Evidence of doctor proved the injuries but suggested possibility of use of different weapons in causing those injuries - Though evidence of doctor may not be matching with that of prosecution, but ocular evidence of injured eye..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 23 -- Consumer complaint - Medical negligence - Loss of vision in left eye - Ethics Committee of Medical Council of India conducted an enquiry and held respondent guilty of medical negligence in treatment of complainant and removed his name from Indian Medical Register for a period of six months - Said order of MCI not challenged by..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 23 -- Consumer complaint - Medical negligence - Loss of vision in left eye - Compensation - Medical negligence on the part of respondent is proved on record - Respondent misrepresented to NCDRC that he had deposited an amount of Rs.2 lakhs only, which had been paid to complainant - However, complainant has not received a single penny..........
Service -- Benefit of personal/promotional pay scale - Recovery of - Benefit of personal/promotional pay scale was granted only to Ayurvedic Medical Officers upon completing 8 and 14 years of service - Said order was contrary to order of Finance Department and therefore, rightly withdrawn - Personal time bound pay scale was granted to appellants, subject to condition that..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 12, 21 -- Medical negligence - Merely because a doctor opts for a particular line of treatment but does not achieve the desired result, they cannot be held for negligence provided that said course of action undertaken was recognized as sound and relevant medical practice...........
