Supreme Court of India

State of Haryana and Ors. v. Smt.santra

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Reported as [2000] 3 S.C.R. 195
Bench S. Saghir Ahmad and D.P. Wadhwa JJ.
Decided 24 April 2000

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What the Court ordered

In the result, therefore, he agreed with Priestley JA, that the ordinary expenses of rearing the child should be H 210 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2000] 3 S.C.R. A excluded.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Consumer Protection Act 1986-Sections 2( I)( o J and ( g). Medical Negligence-Damages for-Labourer lady had undergone steri­ lisation operation at Government Hospital since she had already seven children and was issued a cretificate to this effect-However, she gave birth to a female child-It was found that only the right Fallopian Tube was operated upon leaving the other one untouched-Held : In spite of the moral and statutory obligation of the parents to maintain their minor children, the poor lady entitled to damages for medical negligence-State is also vicariously liable for the negligence

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Of those, 2 referred to

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