The Supreme Court has awarded a massive compensation of Rs 1
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.