Supreme Court to Hear Plea Against Agreement Exempting Medical Services from Consumer Protection Act
A hearing has been scheduled for the writ petition challenging the agreement between the government and the Nepal Medical Association (NMA) that seeks to exclude medical services from the purview of the Consumer Protection Act and narrow the jurisdiction of consumer courts.
The case has been listed for hearing before a joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Manoj Kumar Sharma and Shrikanta Paudel.
The writ, filed by Advocate Jayaprasad Paudel on behalf of the Consumer Interest Protection Forum, demands a halt to the 11-point agreement reached between the government and the NMA on Jestha 24, 2082, and the subsequent process to amend laws accordingly.
The NMA had announced protests after the consumer court ordered some private hospitals and doctors to pay compensation in cases of medical negligence.
Based on that pressure, the government agreed to amend the 'Consumer Protection Act, 2075' within 11 days to remove doctors from the jurisdiction of consumer courts and keep them solely under the purview of the Medical Council.
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