India, Sept. 8 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday rejected Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd's plea for recovery of Rs.1.30 crore from a specialist doctor who had resigned from the company's Rajkot hospital with seven days' notice instead of the stipulated three months, allegedly causing massive losses.

A division bench of justices GS Kulkarni and Dr Neela Gokhale clarified that damages contemplated under section 73 of the Indian Contract Act could be awarded only for losses actually suffered and not for any remote or probable damage.

"The loss must be a real loss or actual damage and not merely a probable or possible one," the bench said.

According to the hospital's plea, Dr Nishit Vyas was appointed Senior Consultant, Internal Medicines and Cr...