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We are of the view that such doctors working in the hospitals/nursing homes/dispensaries/whether Government or private - belonging to categories (ii) and (iii) above would be covered by the definition of "service" under the Act and as such are amenable to the provisions of the Act along with the management of the hospital, etc. jointly and severally.
Judgment, page 18
From the headnote
JUDGMENT: J U M N T S. . AGRAWAL, J. : Leave granted in SLP ( ) Nos. 18497/93 and 21755/94. Delay condoned and leave granted in SLP ( ) Nos. 18445- 73/94. These appeals, special leave petitions and the Writ Petition raise a common question, viz., whether and, if so, in what circumstances, a medical practitioner can be regarded as rendering ’service’ under Section 2(1)(o) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (hereinafter referred to as ’the Act’].
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