compensation for loss or injury suffered by him due to negligence of the doctor

CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 1986

 INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

 Indian Medical Association v. V.P. Shantha AIR 1996 SC 550

 The Supreme court in this landmark judgment, defined the parameters of the rights and obligations of professionals of allopathic and homeopathic systems of medicine and ruled that the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 is applicable to persons engaged in medical profession either as a private practitioner or as a government doctor working in hospitals or Government dispensaries.

 It is further held that a patient who is "Consumer" within the meaning of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 has to be Consumer Protection Act, 1 awarded compensation for loss or injury suffered by him due to negligence of the doctor by applying the same tests as are applied in action for damages for negligence in law of torts.