Healthcare comes under the ambit of service under the Consumer Protection Act 2019
Public Interest Litigation case titled Medicos Legal Action Group v. Union of India in context to the exclusion of 'healthcare services from the ambit of 'services. The judgment states that in analyzing the 1986 Act and the 2019 Act, it is evident that the Supreme Court's interpretation of the term 'service in the Indian Medical Association case includes services provided by medical practitioners to patients for a fee. The absence of 'health care from the 2019 Act doesn't change this interpretation, as Parliament likely deemed it unnecessary to specify. If there was an intention to redefine 'service, it should have been explicitly stated. The mere repeal of the 1986 Act by the 2019 Act, without additional provisions, does not exclude health care services from the definition of 'service according to the court's interpretation. Hence, the healthcare provided in this scenario comes under the ambit of service under the Consumer Protection Act 2019.