Supreme Court of India
V. Kishan Rao v. Nikhil Super Speciality Hospital & Another.
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Consumer Protection Act, 1986: 8 Medical Negligence - Expert Evidence - Requirement c of - Held: Expert evidence is not required in all medical negligence cases - Expert evidence is necessary when Fora comes to the conclusion that case is complicated or such that it cannot be resolved without assistance of expert opinion - Fora cannot follow mechanical or strait jacket approach - 0 Each case has to be judged on its own facts - Negligence. s. 2(1)(g) - Medical Negligence/Deficiency in service - Patient suffering intermittent fever with chill admitted to hospital - Condition worsened critically
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Where later benches applied it
- 2021 Iffco Tokio General Insurance Company Ltd. v. Pearl Beverages Ltd.
- 2019 Maharaja Agrasen Hospital & Ors. v. Master Rishabh Sharma & Ors.
- 2019 Vinod Kumar v. Ashok Kumar Gandhi
- 2019 Arun Kumar Manglik v. Chirayu Health and Medicare Private Ltd. & Anr.
- 2017 Buoy Sinha Roy (d) by Lr. v. Biswanath Das & Ors.
- 2013 Dr. Balram Prasad v. Dr. Kunal Saha & Ors.
Of those, 3 relied on · 3 referred to
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