New Delhi, April 30: The Supreme Court on Friday stated that doctors and healthcare services are not excluded from the ambit of the Consumer Protection Act 2019.
Thus, cases can be filed and registered against the health providers and healthcare professionals regarding lapses in their services.
Hearing a writ petition on the verdict of the Bombay High Court, the Apex Court issued the significant verdict.
At the same time, the SC refused to interfere with a Bombay High Court verdict and termed the PIL concerning it as a “motivated PIL”.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli affirmed the Bombay HC judgement delivered in October 2021 and dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by an NGO named “Medicos Legal Action Group”.
The court in the judgement noted that if the health care service was to be excluded by the law, then it is essential to mention it in the law made by the parliament. Only the repealing the old law and replacing it with a new, the services rendered by doctors cannot be kept out of the purview of the Act.
The decision will not hold doctors accountable for any kind of medical negligence in a patient’s case and keep health care service providers in regulations, read the orders.
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