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Notifications & Circulars
National Policy on Handling Mentally ill Patients(25.07.2017)
The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India vide order dated 14/02/2017 directed that the Union of India shall assist the Court, in finalizing the norms, that .....
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News
Health Ministry Frames Norms to Avoid Cohorting of COVID-19 Patients with Others(08.04.2020)
Health Ministry has framed detailed guidelines to manage suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases in separate graded facilities. The Centre has decided .....
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SC Dismisses PIL Complaining of Ineffective Medical Services to Critical Patients(15.04.2020)
Supreme Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation which complained of ineffective implementation of government guidelines as a result of which .....
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Calcutta HC Seeks Affidavit from State on Steps Taken in Plea Regarding Burial Of COVID-19 Patient(20.04.2020)
Calcutta High Court has considered a Petition claiming that the burial in the graveyard of the dead body of a COVID-19 casualty without the death cert.....
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Delhi HC Directs Delhi Police to Release Medicines Seized from Patients(30.04.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Police to immediately release Remdesivir or other Covid drug and oxygen cylinders seized from the possession o.....
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Delhi High Court Seeks Data from All Hospitals on Discharge of Covid Patients(03.05.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed all hospitals in the city to submit data from 1st April, 2021 onwards, of all beds that have been occupied for more than.....
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SC Issues Notice to 6 States on Cured Mental Patients(19.07.2016)
SC has issued notice to six state governments - of UP, Kerala, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Meghalaya and Jammu & Kashmir on the issue of release of over 3.....
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Kerala HC Enquires on Progress of Crowd Funding Scheme for Patients with Rare Disease(27.01.2022)
Kerala High Court has directed the Centre and State to file affidavits within a month indicating inter alia the progress of the crowd funding scheme s.....
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Receipt from Patients Shared with Consulting Doctors in Fixed Ratio Subject to TDS: Bombay HC(17.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has held that sharing of receipts received from patients with consultant doctors in fixed ratio was liable for Tax Deduction at Sour.....
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Rajasthan HC Directs ICMR to Brief Hospitals to Discharge Completely Cured Corona Affected Patients(25.03.2020)
Rajasthan High Court has asked the Director of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to pass necessary instructions to all medical and health .....
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SC Directs Centre, Kerala & Karnataka to Meet and Formulate Parameters for Safe Passage of Patients(06.04.2020)
Supreme Court has asked the Union Health Secretary to call for a meeting between Chief Secretaries of Kerala and Karnataka to formulate parameters for.....
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Jharkhand HC Asks State to Apprise on Method Adopted to Deal with Black Fungus Patients(01.02.2022)
Jharkhand High Court has asked the State to apprise it with the method that has been adopted to monitor the functioning of private hospitals, which ha.....
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Allahabad HC Seeks Government Response over Ill-treatment to Mentally Unstable Patient at Dargah(11.11.2016)
Allahabad High Court directed State Government to reply on alleged ill-treatment given to mentally unstable patients at Hazrat Munawwar Ali Shah Babas.....
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SC To Centre, States: Implement Guidelines On Rehabilitation Of Cured Mental Patients(12.07.2017)
Supreme Court has asked Central Government, States and Union Territories to implement guidelines on rehabilitation of those who are cured of mental il.....
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Ministry of Health and family Welfare Revises National Policy for Admission of COVID Patients(10.05.2021)
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has revised the National Policy For Admission of COVID Patients to various categories of COVID facilities......
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Telangana HC Slams State for Preventing Ambulances from Transporting Covid Patients(12.05.2021)
Telangana High Court has slammed the State Government for preventing ambulances, transporting Covid-19 patients from neighbouring states, from enterin.....
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Delhi HC Directs AIIMS to Conduct Surgery on Cancer Patient Delayed Due to Covid(17.05.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed AIIMS, Delhi to fix a date and resume elective surgeries of a 44 year old cancer patient whose treatment was delayed aft.....
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Delhi HC Satisfied with Govt Response on Measures Taken to Provide Treatment to Patients(21.04.2020)
Delhi High Court has expressed satisfaction over measures taken by the Centre and Delhi government to provide treatment to non-Covid-19 patients, incl.....
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Madras HC: Revealing Identity of COVID Patients Will Definitely Lead to Social Stigma(01.05.2020)
Madras High Court has dismissed a Writ Petition seeking to reveal the identity of the COVID-19 affected persons, stating that doing so might result in.....
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Orissa HC Directs State to Expedite Investigation into Death of Kidney Patient(01.05.2020)
Orissa High Court has directed the State government to expedite the investigation into death of a kidney patient, who was allegedly denied treatment a.....
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Madras HC Directs State to Ensure Oxygen Needs of Non-Covid Patients are Taken Care Of(18.05.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the State government to ensure that the oxygen needs of non-COVID-19 patients are also taken care of without any compro.....
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SC: No COVID Patient Should be Denied Hospital Admission for Lack of Local Address Proof(03.05.2021)
Supreme Court has directed that no patient shall be denied hospitalization or essential drugs in any State/UT for lack of local residential proof of t.....
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Karnataka HC Suggests Judicial Enquiry Into Death of 24 Patients Due to Oxygen Shortage(05.05.2021)
Karnataka High Court has suggested that a judicial probe be conducted by a retired High Court judge into the incident of 4th May, 2021 where 24 people.....
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Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt to Provide Medical Facilities to Covid-19 Patients(07.05.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to provide medical facilities to all the persons suffering from Covid-19 in the national capital. T.....
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Orissa HC Dismisses Plea for CCTV Coverage of Treatment Given to Covid-19 Patients(15.06.2021)
Orissa High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking installation of CCTV cameras and display boards in all the COVID-19 hospitals to .....
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Bombay HC Rejects Plea to Utilize Money in 'Indigent Patient Fund' for Patients(27.05.2020)
Bombay HC has rejected a Petition seeking directions to the State to allow withdrawal of funds meant for patients belonging to the economically weaker.....
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Kerala HC Grants Relief to Cardiac Patient Who Complained of Denial of Treatment(27.05.2020)
Kerala High Court has directed the State authorities to take up the request for medical review of a cardiac patient at the earliest, after he moved th.....
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Delhi HC: Ensure Food is Given Separately to COVID-19 Patients(29.05.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed the Aam Aadmi Party Government to ensure that food and water are provided separately to persons who have tested positive.....
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SC Directs to Bring on Record Policy Guidelines on Death Certificates Issued to Covid Patients(25.05.2021)
Supreme Court has directed the Central Government to bring on record any policy or guidelines pertaining to death certificates issued to COVID-19 pati.....
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Gauhati HC Seeks Response on Denial of Admission of Covid Patients to Private Hospitals(27.05.2021)
Gauhati High Court has sought response from the Assam Government on an application alleging denial of admission to Covid-19 patients by private hospit.....
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Govt: Aadhaar Mandatory For TB Patients to Get Cash Assistance Under Government Scheme(22.06.2017)
Government in exercise of its powers u/s 7 of Aadhaar Act 2016, has notified that Aadhaar is necessary as an identity proof for availing of conditiona.....
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Delhi HC Directs Govt. to Ensure Corona Reports are Made Available Within 48 hours(05.05.2020)
Delhi High Court has asked the Aam Aadmi Party government to ensure that reports of novel coronavirus tests conducted on suspected patients are made a.....
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Patna HC Issues Instructions for Welfare of Leprosy Patients During Lockdown(06.05.2020)
Patna High Court has directed the State authorities to ensure the welfare of leprosy patients in the State amid lockdown and to monitor the supply of .....
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Gauhati HC Directs to Ensure Availability of Facilities to Covid Patients in Home Isolation(14.06.2021)
Gauhati High Court has directed the Nagaland Government to ensure that Covid-19 patients being recommended home isolation have sufficient number of ro.....
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Karnataka HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Ban on Tobacco Products(16.11.2016)
Karnataka High Court has asked Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA) to approach State in event of any problem rising in implementation of order date.....
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Karnataka HC Seeks Details from Govt, BBMP on Immediate Medical Assistance to Patients(14.07.2020)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to submit details of procedures to be followed by.....
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Supreme Court Directs to Ensure Vaccination of Mentally Ill Patients(06.07.2021)
Supreme Court has issued directions to the Union Government to ensure vaccination takes place for mentally ill patients who have been institutionalize.....
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SC Directs to Discontinue Practice of Shifting Mentally Ill Patients to Old Age Homes(06.07.2021)
Supreme Court has directed State of Maharashtra to discontinue the practice of shifting mentally ill patients from medical establishments to beggar ho.....
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Orissa HC: Disclosure of COVID Patients' Identities Must Pass 'Triple Test' of Privacy Judgment(13.08.2020)
Orissa High Court has cautioned the Authorities to ensure that in case they reveal the identity of a COVID patient/ suspect, the same is done in accor.....
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Bombay HC Stays State Government's Notification Fixing Maximum Rates for Non-Covid Patients(28.09.2020)
Bombay High Court has stayed the operation of the State Government's notification wherein the maximum rates chargeable for treatment of Non-Covid pati.....
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Gujarat HC Directs Hospital to Conduct IVF/ART on Critical COVID Patient on Wife's Plea(22.07.2021)
Gujarat High Court has directed a hospital in Vadodara to conduct an IVF/Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) procedure for the collection of sample.....
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Surgeon can't be Held Guilty of Negligence if Patient Passed Away After Reaching Home: P&H HC(08.02.2019)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed a case against a government doctor, opining that he cannot be charged with negligence just because the patie.....
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SC: Practice of Affixing Posters Outside Residence of COVID19 Patients Creates Stigma(02.12.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that the practice of conspicuously affixing posters outside the residence of COVID19 positive patients creates stigma and o.....
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Ker. HC: State must Protect Right to Privacy of HIV Patients Availing Government Schemes(15.09.2023)
Kerala High Court while observing that there can be no doubt about the requirement of maintenance of confidentiality of information related to HIV pat.....
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Chaining Mentally Ill Patients is Against Human Dignity: Supreme Court(04.01.2019)
Supreme Court has expressed concern over the practice followed in some mental asylum to keep the patients chained and said that it must stop as it is .....
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SC Explains What Constitutes ‘Best Interests’ of Patient in Vegetative State for Passive Euthanasia(12.03.2026)
Supreme Court stated that a patient’s best interests must guide decisions on withholding or withdrawing medical treatment. It noted that if treatment .....
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Calcutta HC: No Hospital Can Refuse to Admit COVID Patient if Beds are Available(18.09.2020)
Calcutta High Court has said that no hospital can refuse to admit a COVID-19 patient if beds for such patients are available and that this is one of t.....
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Kerala HC Orders Discharge of Patient Held Hostage by Hospital Over Non-Payment of Bills(26.10.2020)
Kerala High Court has ordered the Hospital, accused of not discharging the patient due to non-payment of medical bills, to immediately discharge the p.....
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JH HC: Denial of Medical Reimbursement by Categorizing it as Outdoor Patient is Not Justifiable(16.10.2023)
Jharkhand High Court has held that on the basis of applicability of principle of purposive construction, denying the benefit of medical reimbursement .....
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Bombay High Court: Can Law be Made to Balance Rights of Patients, Hospitals(15.02.2018)
Bombay High Court has asked the state government to consider bringing in a legislation to balance rights of hospitals and doctors to earn their fees a.....
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Delhi HC Grants Relief to Leprosy Patients Rendered Homeless After Decriminalisation of Beggary(28.01.2019)
Delhi High Court has come to the rescue of leprosy patients who had been eased out of government-run shelter homes due to de-criminalisation of beggin.....
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Delhi HC Junks Plea to Give Concession to Cancer Patients Travelling in Rajdhani Exp(19.01.2017)
Delhi High Court has junked a petition seeking direction to Railways to provide concession in fares to cancer patients travelling in Rajdhani Express.
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CIVIL - SC Issues Directions Regarding Rehabilitation of Cured Mental Patients(05.03.2019)
Supreme Court has issued some directives for rehabilitation of those who are cured of mental illness but still languishing in asylums due to unwilling.....
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Kerala High Court: Patient’s Death Due to Mere Error of Judgment Doesn’t Create Criminal Liability(21.05.2025)
Ker. HC has observed that in a case where a patient's death results merely from error of judgment or an accident, no criminal liability could be attac.....
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Karnataka HC: Can't Pass Blanket Orders to Protect Doctors from Acts of Violence(02.12.2021)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by one Dr Vinod G Kulkarni, seeking directions to authorities to protect doctors/medical practitio.....
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Supreme Court: Patients Cannot Claim Unproven Medical Treatments as a Matter of Right(02.02.2026)
Supreme Court ruled that stem cell therapy for autism spectrum disorder cannot be claimed as a patient’s right, disapproved its use as standard treatm.....
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CIVIL - Kerala HC Issues Guidelines for Appointment of Guardian to Patients Lying in State of Coma(21.02.2019)
Kerala High Court has observed that no specific provision is available in any Statutes to deal with procedure for such appointment of Guardian to a vi.....
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CIVIL - Kerala HC Issues Guidelines for Appointment of Guardian to Patients Lying in State of Coma(21.02.2019)
Kerala High Court has observed that no specific provision is available in any statute to deal with procedure for appointment of Guardian to a victim l.....
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Gauhati HC Issues Notice on Directions Against Hospitals Refusing Treatment to Non Covid Patients(23.12.2020)
Gauhati High Court consisting has issued notice in a Public Interest Litigation filed by Senior Congress Leader, Debabrata Saikia seeking directions t.....
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