The Supreme Court of India has held that the legal heirs of a doctor accused of medical negligence can be impleaded in consumer proceedings following the doctor’s death. The Court clarified that while personal injury claims abate upon death under the maxim actio personalis moritur cum persona, claims involving the pecuniary interest or loss to
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