SC quashes IPC 304 A proceedings against anaesthetist, holds doctor cannot be held criminally liable for procedural error by staff nurse Barsha Misra26 May 2026 5:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: Granting relief to an anaesthetist, who had been booked in an alleged post-surgery complication death case due to the medication...
'Sad they have not learnt their lesson': SC pulls up NTA in NEET 2026 leak row, issues notice Adity Saha25 May 2026 1:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: Observing that the National Testing Agency (NTA) appears to have failed to learn from past controversies, the Supreme Court today...
Patient dies after healthy kidney removed instead of diseased: NCDRC slaps Rs 2 crore compensation on surgeon Barsha Misra24 May 2026 11:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Holding a surgeon, who removed a healthy kidney of a patient, guilty of gross medical negligence, the National Consumer Disputes...
Doctors cannot follow any other profession without cancelling medical registration: Kerala HC junks homeopath's plea to practice law Barsha Misra20 May 2026 5:40 PM ISTErnakulam: Denying permission to a Homeopathy doctor to enrol as an advocate, the Kerala High Court recently held that a registered medical...
Frauds strike sanctity of exams, prejudice meritorious candidates: HC denies bail to medical gradudates in fake FMGE certificate case Adity Saha19 May 2026 9:30 AM ISTJaipur: Observing that such frauds undermine the integrity of competitive exams and unfairly harm genuine, meritorious candidates competing...
Unlikely 1.5 cm kidney stone formed in 3 months! Consumer court upholds Rs 1 lakh compensation against Delhi surgeon, Hospital Barsha Misra18 May 2026 6:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Rejecting the appeal of a surgeon accused of negligence in a kidney stone removal surgery, the Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal...
Gauze left inside abdomen during uterus surgery: Mohali hospital, surgeon slapped Rs 19.5 lakh compensation Barsha Misra17 May 2026 11:00 AM ISTMohali: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, SAS Nagar Mohali, recently directed a Kharar-based hospital and its surgeon to pay...
'Unpardonable negligence': Consumer court directs Telangana hospital to pay Rs 1.25 lakh compensation for wrong blood transfusion Barsha Misra17 May 2026 9:30 AM ISTKhammam: Holding a Bhadrachalam-based private hospital guilty of wrong blood transfusion to a patient, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal...
MBBS students transferred after medical college derecognition cannot claim govt fee rates in private institutes: SC Barsha Misra16 May 2026 6:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Denying relief to the students shifted from the defunct Sardar Rajas Medical College, Odisha, the Supreme Court recently observed that...
Dissolve NTA, implement statutory framework: Doctors' body moves Supreme Court Adity Saha16 May 2026 2:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: Demanding the replacement of the existing National Testing Agency (NTA) framework with an independent statutory examination authority...
Supreme court quashes criminal proceedings against Kolkata's hospital over billing dispute Barsha Misra15 May 2026 2:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Granting relief to a Kolkata-based hospital and its chairman, the Supreme Court recently quashed a criminal complaint against them,...
'Repeated NEET exam leaks, systematic failure of NTA': Plea in Supreme Court seeks urgent intervention, directions Adity Saha14 May 2026 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Pointing out repeated allegations of question paper leaks, cheating rackets, impersonation scams, systemic failures, and...
