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Man gets Rs. 11 lakh as compensation from hospital for negligence (which led to him getting crippled for life)

When a man gets admitted to hospital, the expectation is that he will get better, and that the hospital will take the best possible care to ensure that the person gets the best possible service. This includes getting proper medical attention, being attended to by nursing staff, and also to ensure that the person does [...]

Supreme Court awards Rs. 1 crore damages for medical negligence

Medical negligence is something that is penalized the world over. When a patient goes in for a medical procedure, the person is entrusting their lives to the doctor (s) attending on them. It used to be said earlier that a Doctor is a very respected person, and that it would be unfair to penalize a [...]

Passenger paid compensation for freak accident while reaching the terminal

This would almost certainly be classified as a freak accident, but it happened and somebody needed to be held responsible. What happened ? Well, a flier, not anticipating any problems or mishap during a regular flight safely made it off the airplane, but suffered an accident from the bus that takes the passengers to the [...]

National Emergency Helpline Number – 108

A few states in India have had an emergency helpline number for some time now – the number being 108 (followed by the states of Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand; and being pursued by the states of Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and MP). This is a toll-free number styled on the US style 911 toll-free emergency [...]

Supreme Court speaks for bank customers

India’s legal system can work very slowly, what with the massive backlog of cases that it has. Due to this backlog and the time it could take to get a case heard, people resort to their own form of justice or get frustrated waiting for a resolution to the cases. In the case of a [...]



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