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Dr KK Aggarwal and Ms Ira Gupta    18 June 2018

Samira Kohli vs Dr. Prabha Manchanda and Anr, SCI, Civil Appeal No. 1949 of 2004, 16.01.2008

“Consent in the context of a doctor-patient relationship, means the grant of permission by the patient for an act to be carried out by the doctor, such as a diagnostic, surgical or therapeutic procedure. Consent can be implied in some circumstances from the action of the patient. For example, when a patient enters a Dentists clinic and sits in the Dental chair, his consent is implied for examination, diagnosis and consultation.”

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