Medical Negligence: Power to grant compensation distinct from state medical council's authority to adjudicate cases- SC Barsha Misra22 Dec 2025 4:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a recent order, the Supreme Court clarified that the power of the Commission established by the West Bengal Clinical Establishments...
Delhi HC quashes order directing Jamia Hamdard university to grant consent of affiliation for 150 MBBS seats Barsha Misra21 Dec 2025 2:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Setting aside an order by the trial court in a case involving a dispute over 150 MBBS seats at Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences...
No doctor attended after delivery, WB Nursing home slapped Rs 10 lakh compensation in maternal death case Sanchari Chattopadhyay21 Dec 2025 11:00 AM ISTKolkata: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) has directed Megacity Nursing Home in North 24 Parganas Barasat,...
Consumer court slaps Rs 60k compensation on hospital for withholding discharge summary from COVID patient Barsha Misra20 Dec 2025 6:43 PM ISTAhmedabad: A private hospital based in Ahmedabad has recently been directed to pay Rs 60,000 as compensation to a senior citizen for failing to...
Hospital delay no ground to deny claim: Bengaluru consumer court orders Rs 2.6 lakh payout Barsha Misra20 Dec 2025 4:14 PM ISTBengaluru: Observing that a delay in paperwork on the part of the treating hospital cannot be a ground to deny a genuine claim, the Additional...
State cannot lower NEET eligibility rules- SC slaps Rs 100 crore fine on 10 dental colleges over illegal BDS admissions Barsha Misra20 Dec 2025 1:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Observing that the State Government does not have the authority to reduce the minimum qualifying percentage in the NEET UG...
Private hospitals challenge Kerala Clinical Establishments Act: Supreme Court issues notice, grants interim relief Barsha Misra17 Dec 2025 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court has recently issued notice in a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the provisions of the Kerala...
Rs 44 lakh relief to SGPGI, paediatric, immunology doctors in cancer treatment negligence case, Rs 6 lakh slapped for not filing records Barsha Misra14 Dec 2025 11:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently exonerated Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical...
Insurance claim cannot be rejected just because doctor is a relative, rules Consumer court, calls 'inflated bills' assumption wrong Barsha Misra14 Dec 2025 9:30 AM ISTSurat: In a recent judgment, the Surat Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ruled that a medical insurance claim cannot be rejected simply...
Mop left inside patient during caesarean: Delhi HC quashes criminal proceedings against hospital, gynaecologist Barsha Misra12 Dec 2025 5:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Granting relief to a private hospital and its senior gynaecologist, the Delhi High Court recently quashed an FIR registered against...
Policy not 'irrational'! HC upholds 1-year mandatory service for PCMS doctors seeking PG medical admissions Barsha Misra9 Dec 2025 6:00 PM ISTChandigarh: Upholding the Punjab Health Department's policy requiring Punjab Civil Medical Services (PCMS) doctors to complete a mandatory...
Rs 1.55 crore relief to 2 Delhi Hospitals, laparoscopic surgeon, doctors in intestinal surgery death case Barsha Misra7 Dec 2025 11:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently exonerated Northern Railway Central Hospital, Batra Hospital...
