Supreme Court of India
State of Haryana and Ors. v. Smt.santra
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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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Where later benches applied it
- 2020 Abhilasha v. Parkash & Ors.
- 2010 Kusum Sharma & Others v. Batra Hospital & Medical Research Centre & Others
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