SC rejects govt’s plea on order to pay HIV+ veteran ₹1.5 crore
Hindustan TimesThe Supreme Court has dismissed the Union government’s review petition against a decision requiring the Army and Air Force to jointly pay over ₹1.5 crore to a former air force corporal who contracted HIV from a blood transfusion at a military hospital in 2002. Supreme Court of India The government challenged the court’s September 26 ruling last year that found the Army and Air Force guilty of medical negligence in failing to ensure the highest safety standards for military personnel. On April 3, Justices Dipankar Datta and PB Varale said in an order, “the judgment and order under review does not suffer from any error, much less apparent error, warranting its reconsideration.” The court also dismissed the government’s request for an open court hearing of the review petition. In the original September judgment, Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta held the Army and Air Force “vicariously liable” for medical negligence, awarding the HIV-positive soldier ₹1.5 crore in compensation.
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