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March 2025

“There exists no unit or symbol as micro mg” observes court and questions its use by anaesthetist in surgery notes instead of the standard term ‘micrograms / mcg”

M. Venkateshwar Rao & Anr. v/s M/s Banarasi Das Chandiwala Institute of Medical Sciences & Ors.
18MLCD (j97) | Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Patient

Treating doctors not held negligent for the occurrence of complications but hospital held negligent for the delayed transfer

Khandelwal Nursing Home & Research Centre & Ors. v/s Late Mrs. Mona Jain & Ors.
18MLCD (j105) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Patient

Counsellor / doctor can share patient’s HIV status with their partners / spouse reiterates court citing NACO guidelines

Dr. Lakshmi Priya N v/s Dr. Sheela Sadashivan
18MLCD (j108) | Kerala State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Thiruvananthapuram
Judgement in favour of: Doctor

Supreme Court refuses to hold the doctor negligent “Simply for the reason that the patient has not responded favourably … or that the surgery has failed”

Neeraj Sud & Anr. v/s Jaswinder Singh (Minor) & Anr.
18MLCD (j111) | Supreme Court of India, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Doctor

Pandemic Norms vs. Patient Rights: Where should hospitals draw a line?

Shalby Multispecialty Hospital v/s Raj Paul & Ors.
18MLCD (j114) | Chandigarh Union Territory Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh
Judgement in favour of: Patient

Court finds nurse’s records more credible than a referred doctor’s opinion about patient’s ‘probable cause of medical complication’

Head of the Department, Institute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences v/s Munni & Anr.
18MLCD (j119) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Doctor

“Doctors in the hospital are careless” – Court finds handwritten note of patient to hold the hospital negligent

Mata Chanan Devi Hospital v/s Sajjan Singh
18MLCD (j122) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Patient

Ayurvedic doctor prescribing allopathy medicines is negligent but not criminally liable in the absence of a “direct nexus between the cause of death and medical treatment”

Dr. Prashant Sopan Ahire v/s The State of Maharashtra
18MLCD (j127) | Bombay High Court, Bench at Aurangabad
Judgement in favour of: Patient

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March 2025

“There exists no unit or symbol as micro mg” observes court and questions its use by anaesthetist in surgery notes instead of the standard term ‘micrograms / mcg”

Treating doctors not held negligent for the occurrence of complications but hospital held negligent for the delayed transfer

Counsellor / doctor can share patient’s HIV status with their partners / spouse reiterates court citing NACO guidelines

Supreme Court refuses to hold the doctor negligent “Simply for the reason that the patient has not responded favourably … or that the surgery has failed”

Pandemic Norms vs. Patient Rights: Where should hospitals draw a line?

Court finds nurse’s records more credible than a referred doctor’s opinion about patient’s ‘probable cause of medical complication’

“Doctors in the hospital are careless” – Court finds handwritten note of patient to hold the hospital negligent

Ayurvedic doctor prescribing allopathy medicines is negligent but not criminally liable in the absence of a “direct nexus between the cause of death and medical treatment”

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March 2025

“There exists no unit or symbol as micro mg” observes court and questions its use by anaesthetist in surgery notes instead of the standard term ‘micrograms / mcg”

Treating doctors not held negligent for the occurrence of complications but hospital held negligent for the delayed transfer

Counsellor / doctor can share patient’s HIV status with their partners / spouse reiterates court citing NACO guidelines

Supreme Court refuses to hold the doctor negligent “Simply for the reason that the patient has not responded favourably … or that the surgery has failed”

Pandemic Norms vs. Patient Rights: Where should hospitals draw a line?

Court finds nurse’s records more credible than a referred doctor’s opinion about patient’s ‘probable cause of medical complication’

“Doctors in the hospital are careless” – Court finds handwritten note of patient to hold the hospital negligent

Ayurvedic doctor prescribing allopathy medicines is negligent but not criminally liable in the absence of a “direct nexus between the cause of death and medical treatment”

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