national consumer disputes redressal commission
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The Commission was deciding a case where the complainant (who was a medical professional himself) had accused the opposite parties of medical negligence after his son died due to cardiac arrest after getting operated for disfigurement of eye.

Monthly Roundup
Legal RoundUpTribunals/Regulatory Bodies/Commissions Monthly Roundup

Find interesting rulings by NCLT, NCLAT, RBI, ITAT, SEBI, NCDRC covering legal stories on FTS under India Netherlands DTAA, reconsideration of approved resolution plan in insolvency proceedings, definition of financial debt, compensation against doctor’s legal obligations, and much more.

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This roundup contains many interesting rulings including the Shiv Sena Party Name and Symbol Dispute, Negligence committed by doctors and Compensation therein, Amendment to Section 178(6) of the Income Tax Act, Initiation of the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process and more.

Case BriefsSupreme Court

In the case at hand, the woman had sought Rs. 3 Crores compensation, claiming that as a result of the bad haircut, she could not continue to lead her normal busy life as she no longer looked pretty; she had to face great humiliation and embarrassment; her career in the world of modelling was completely shattered; she went into a state of depression. NCDRC had awarded her Rs. 2 Crore compensation but without any material being produced by the woman to quantify the compensation.

NCDRC
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Human life is most precious; therefore, it is extremely difficult to decide on the quantum of compensation in medical negligence cases, it is highly subjective in nature.

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
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“The purpose of looking into the records of the lower fora in revision is principally to see whether any jurisdictional error or material irregularity has been committed, which has to be judged by seeing their orders in the light of the evidence and material placed before them i.e., the material which they were privy to when they passed their orders”