Current Issue
November 2026
A “question mark” on USG report overlooked before surgery, surgeon and hospital both held liable
19MLCD (j475)
- Shree Gyani Ram Memorial Hospital v/s Satpal
- Haryana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Panchkula
Judgement in favour of:
Patient
A billing error / vague service-related grievance cannot be treated as a criminal offence – Supreme Court
19MLCD (j477)
- Narayana Health & Ors. v/s The State of West Bengal & Ors.
- Supreme Court of India, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of:
Doctor
Doctor’s advice for emergency admission does qualify as a medical emergency, regardless of delay in seeking treatment by patient
19MLCD (j482)
- Prasanta Basu Ray v/s Addl. Director CGHS
- West Bengal State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Kolkata
Judgement in favour of:
Doctor
Continuing to document in the IPD papers post-discharge lands hospital in legal trouble!
19MLCD (j485)
- Surya Hospital & Ors. v/s Dayawati & Ors.
- National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of:
Doctor
Patient exposes serial number mismatch in implanted lens across prescription, bill and wrapper – Doctors’ defence of “unauthorised act” by his employee rejected
19MLCD (j490)
- Dr. Subhash Ballabh Bijeta v/s Sudhanshu Sinha
- Bihar State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Patna
Judgement in favour of:
Patient
Radiographer remained unregistered because the State Paramedical Council did not exist at the time he joined the hospital – Need for continuous oversight of regulatory norms
19MLCD (j494)
- M. L. Mishra v/s Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital & Ors.
- Madhya Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Bhopal
Judgement in favour of:
Doctor
Patients bound to complete procedural formalities for cashless benefits – Hospitals treating them as ‘cash patients’ until then is proper, holds court
19MLCD (j510)
- Lakshmi Devi & Anr. v/s Medanta, The Medicity Hospital & Ors.
- Haryana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Panchkula
Judgement in favour of:
Doctor
Close relationship and no proof of payment rule out a consumer-service provider relationship between doctor - patient
19MLCD (j513)
- Indra Gupta v/s Dr. Dinesh Gupta
- National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of:
Doctor
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