VIDYA PARKASH GUPTA vs HONBLE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT CHANDIGARH AND ANR Advocate - A.G. PUNJAB — CWP/17242/2021

Case under Constitution of India Section 1. Disposed: --ALLOWED on 13th May 2026.

Case disposed Next hearing 03-Sep-2021

CNR: PHHC010794242021

Filing Number

CWP/29634/2021

Filing Date

31-Aug-2021

Registration No

CWP/17242/2021

Registration Date

02-Sep-2021

Judge

Mr. Justice Kuldeep Tiwari

Coram

Mr. Justice Kuldeep Tiwari

Bench Type

Single

Category

84.3 - CASES FILED BY EMPS. OF HIGH COURT/U.T. ( 819 )

Sub-Category

( 944 )

Judicial Branch

WRITS -I BRANCH

Decision Date

13-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

--ALLOWED

Last updated 01-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Constitution of India Section 1

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.VIDYA PARKASH GUPTA

    Adv. VANEET SONI

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.HONBLE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT CHANDIGARH AND ANR Advocate - A.G. PUNJAB

  2. 2.THE DIRECTOR

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 13-May-2026

    Mr. Justice Kuldeep TiwariView PDF

    Case Summary: CWP-17242-2021 Court Decision: The High Court of Punjab and Haryana allowed the writ petition and ordered respondents to release the balance medical reimbursement amount of Rs. 1,86,668/- within 8 weeks. Key Reasoning: The court found that retired High Court employee Vidya Parkash Gupta shifted his wife to a private hospital (Ojas Super Specialty Hospital) under exceptional circumstances during COVID-19, not by choice. When the government referral hospital (PGIMER) was unable to provide timely surgery due to pandemic restrictions, the petitioner faced a genuine medical emergency. The court held that medical reimbursement policies must be interpreted purposively to accommodate emergencies, and denying claims based on technicalities when life is at stake is "preposterous." The actual treatment factum, not hospital list restrictions, is the real test for reimbursement eligibility. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 03-Sep-2021

    Other

  4. 31-Aug-2021

    Case filed

    Registration No. CWP/17242/2021

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: CWP-17242-2021 Court Decision: The High Court of Punjab and Haryana allowed the writ petition and ordered respondents to release the balance medical reimbursement amount of Rs. 1,86,668/- within 8 weeks. Key Reasoning: The court found that retired High Court employee Vidya Parkash Gupta shifted his wife to a private hospital (Ojas Super Specialty Hospital) under exceptional circumstances during COVID-19, not by choice. When the government referral hospital (PGIMER) was unable to provide timely surgery due to pandemic restrictions, the petitioner faced a genuine medical emergency. The court held that medical reimbursement policies must be interpreted purposively to accommodate emergencies, and denying claims based on technicalities when life is at stake is "preposterous." The actual treatment factum, not hospital list restrictions, is the real test for reimbursement eligibility. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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