A cancer patient sought free medical treatment at AIIMS and financial assistance under the Delhi Arogya Kosh Scheme. The Court directed GNCTD to extend the benefit of the Scheme to the petitioner within one week and disposed of the petition.
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ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND ORS
.....Respondents
Through: Mr. Satya Ranjan Swain, CGSC with Mr. Kautilya Birat, Mr. Anubhav Tyagi and Mr. Sanskar Gupta, Advocates for R-1/AIIMS. Mr. Bhagwan Swarup Shukla, Advocate for R-2/UOI.
Ms. Avni Singh, Panel Counsel for GNCTD along with Ms. Bindu Das and Mr. Vaibhav Sharma, Advocates. For R-3.
CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA
O R D E R % 09.07.2026
prayers:
“a) issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing the Respondents to ensure that the Petitioner is provided immediate, uninterrupted and free medical treatment, including medicines, diagnostic tests, hospitalization and all ancillary medical care, at the Dr. B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, or at any other appropriate Government hospital, as may be required;
b) issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing the Respondents to forthwith process and sanction financial assistance to the Petitioner
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under the applicable Government schemes, including the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) or any other suitable financial assistance scheme, without insisting upon unnecessary procedural formalities”
DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J
JULY 09, 2026/vc
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner, in a precarious medical condition and residing in a Government shelter home, is entitled to free medical treatment at AIIMS and financial assistance under the Delhi Arogya Kosh
Vikrant Tiwari
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
UOI
GNCTD
Swarana Kanta Sharma
As recorded by the court registry
A petition under Article 226 of the Constitution asking a High Court to issue a writ against the State or a public authority in a civil matter.
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