Consumer Protection Act

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There is no qualitative difference between a medical practitioner and an advocate ..............from the point of view of his status, duties and regulatory control by a statutory body, Hence there is no reason why the legal practitioner should be excluded from the purview of Consumer Protection Act.

From the following choose the correct decission in which it has been held :

K. Vishnu v. National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission and others

Joshi v. Motor Industries Co.

Charan Singh v. Healing Touch Hospital

Arvind Mills Ltd v. Associated Roadways

In which of the following case, the Supreme Court held that the public authority providing services or goods as per the definition under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 must be held liable to pay adequate compensation to the consumer for harassment or mental agony or oppression caused to him for capricious exercise of power and the money could then be recovered from the erring public officials ?

State of Gujarat v. Memom Mahomed

Shyam Sunder v. State of Rajasthan

Indian Medical Association v. V.P. Shantha

Lucknow Development Authority v. M.K. Gupta

The Supreme Court brought services provided by medical professionals within the ambit of Consumer protection Act, 1986 in the case of :

Spring Meadows Hospital v. Harjol Ahluwalia

Indian Medical Association v. V.P Shantha

Vishakha v. State of Rajasthan

P. Narasimha Rao v. G. Jayaprakasu

The Supreme Court in Indian Medical Association v. V.P. Shanta, (1995) 6 SCC 651, has held that :

a hospital rendering free service to some patients and paid services to others is not covered under the definition of services under the Consumer Protection Act, as gratuitous services is excluded from the definition of service under the Act.

a hospital which renders service to the patients is covered under the Consumer Protection Act whether they are rendering a contract of service or contract for service.

a hospital which is run by the government is not covered under the Covered under the Consumer Protection Act and the patient who suffers due to the negligence of a doctor working in the hospital will have to file the case in a civil court under the law of tort.

a hospital which renders free service to some patients and paid service to some others is covered under the definition of service, as the patients who receive free service are the beneficiaries of the service hired by the patients who pay for the service.

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