Supreme Court of India

Martin F. D'souza v. Mohd. Ishfaq

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Reported as [2009] 3 S.C.R. 273

Bench Markandey Kat Ju and R.M. Lodha JJ.

Decided 17 February 2009

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What the Court ordered

Resultantly, the appeal is allowed; the impugned judgment and order of the National Commission is set aside.

Judgment, page 53

Authorities it was built on

1989 Pt. Parmanand Katara v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 15
2000 Surendra Chauhan v. State of M.p cited by 8

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2021 Bombay Hospital & Medical Research Centre v. Asha Jaiswal & Ors. relied on
2019 Arun Kumar Manglik v. Chirayu Health and Medicare Private Ltd. & Anr. relied on
2025 Deep Nursing Home and Another v. Manmeet Singh Mattewal and Others referred to
2023 Mrs. Kalyani Rajan v. Indraprastha Apollo Hospital & Ors. referred to
2017 Buoy Sinha Roy (d) by Lr. v. Biswanath Das & Ors. referred to

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