Explainer: Why justice in medical negligence cases remains elusive
Ex-CJI Verma case, in which the family could not win, exemplifies gap between legal standards and public expectations
Updated At : 06:46 AM Sep 07, 2025 IST
The admission by the government in the recent Parliament session that there is no centralised data of medical negligence cases exemplifies the systemic gaps. Istock
THE death of former Chief Justice of India JS Verma in April 2013 was not only a personal tragedy for his family, but also a test of India’s medical accountability system. More than a decade later, his family’s complaint of negligence was dismissed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), underlining why justice in such cases remains elusive. The admission by the government in the recent Parliament session that there is no centralised data of medical negligence cases exemplifies the systemic gaps.
