Supreme Court of India
V Krishnakumar v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that this inflationary principle must be adopted at a 'conservative rate· of 1 percent per annum to keep in mind fluctuations over the next 51 years.
Judgment, page 19
From the headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 - Medical negligence c - Deficiency in service - Compensation - Enhancement - Prematurely born baby girl lost her eye sight - Case of the parents that respondents-State of Tamil Nadu, its Government hospital and two government doctors negligent in not screening the child for Retinopathy of prematurity-ROP as also not advising screening for ROP - National Commission holding it to be medical negligence against respondents - Award of Rs. 5, 00, 0001-as compensation to the father - On appeals, held: National Commission rightly held that the respondents were negligent
Authorities it was built on
- 2009 Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences v. Prasanath S. Dhananka & Ors.
- 1996 Achutrao Haribhau Khodwa and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
- 2009 Malay Kumar Ganguly v. Dr. Sukumar Mukherjee and Others
- 2013 Dr. Balram Prasad v. Dr. Kunal Saha & Ors.
- 2004 Savita Garg v. The Director, National Heart Institute
Where later benches applied it
- 2019 Maharaja Agrasen Hospital & Ors. v. Master Rishabh Sharma & Ors.
- 2024 Jyoti Devi v. Suket Hospital & Ors.
- 2019 Nand Kishore Prasad v. Dr. Mohib Hamidi & Others
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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