SUMAN RAKHEJA vs STATE OF HARYANA . — C.A. No. 5060/2004

Summary of C.A. No. 5060/2004 (Suman Rakheja v. State of Haryana) The Supreme Court allowed Suman Rakheja's appeal on August 6, 2004, granting her medical expense reimbursement for her deceased husband's emergency treatment at Apollo Hospital, New Delhi—an unapproved private hospital at the time. The court held that since the hospitalization was an emergency (paralytic stroke with brain blood clotting), the appellant was entitled to 100% of medical expenses at AIIMS rates plus 75% of expenses exceeding AIIMS rates, following precedent set in Sant Prakash v. State of Haryana. The appeal was allowed with no costs. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.