Supreme Court Issues Notice on PIL to Exclude Doctors from Consumer Protection Act
Taking up a plea seeking exclusion of doctors under the Consumer Protection Act, the Supreme Court of India today issued notices to the Union Government and the National Medical Commission (NMC).
The issue of whether doctors should fall under the Consumer Protection Act has once again been brought before the Supreme Court after the Association of Healthcare Providers (India) filed a writ petition asking for directions to the Centre and the National Medical Commission (NMC) to declare that services performed by healthcare service providers are not included in the purview of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019; and Direct all consumer forums to not accept complaints filed under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 against healthcare service providers.
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