SC awards 1 crore to software engineer
The Supreme Court today awarded a massive compensation of Rs one crore to a software engineer who suffered permanent disability due to medical negligence at a government-owned hospital in Andhra Pradesh.
A bench of Justices B N Agrawal, G S Singhwi and H S Bedi enhanced the compensation to Rs one crore from Rs 15 lakh which was awarded by the Andhra Pradesh High Court to Prashant S Bhanaka, the software engineer.
The victim suffered permanent disability in the form of paralysis and other complications, rendering him incapable of all normal chores after undergoing a surgery in Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences.
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