The Kerala High Court has directed the State Government to give a nurse the opportunity to contest recovery of compensation.
The bench comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice S. Manu said this while disposing of a petition by staff nurse Rakhi V V.
The petition challenged the Kerala State Human Rights Commission’s order directing the state to pay Rs 50,000 as interim relief to the victim of a hospital incident, with liberty to recover the amount from the nurse and the hospital superintendent.
The court held that the state must give the nurse an opportunity to contest the recovery of compensation before taking any action.
The court directed the state to examine the Human Rights Commission’s recommendation and take a decision, allowing the nurse to question the decision if adverse.
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