Jasbir Singh Vs Union of India and Others — Contempt of Court | Delhi HC (2026)

Jasbir Singh Vs Union of India and Others — Contempt of Court | Delhi HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Respondents to recalculate the amount payable with interest running till 15.07.2024 (the date of payment), computed from the date the amount became due for each hospitalization period, and pay the balance within eight weeks; interest to be properly calculated and to continue accruing until the date of actual payment. Learned counsel for the respondents submitted that the requisite payment shall be made in terms of these directions.

Issue for consideration

Whether the interest payable on the petitioner's medical reimbursement claims must be computed up to the date of actual payment (15.07.2024) rather than only up to 31.03.2024 as per the respondent's calculation. +1 more

Court's answer

The amount payable to the petitioner has to be re-worked by taking into account that the interest payable runs till 15.07.2024 (the date of payment), as follows from a logical reading of the directions contained in the judgment/order dated 23.12.2025 passed in CONT. CAS (C) 428/2025.

Ratio / Principle

The starting point for computation of interest is the date on which the amount became due for the concerned hospitalization period.

Key takeaways

The respondents are directed to pay the balance amount due to the petitioner, after re-calculating the same, within a period of eight weeks.ratio¶¶23
While computing the amount, the respondents must ensure that the interest payable is properly calculated, and the interest shall continue to accrue till the date of payment to the petitioner.ratio¶¶25

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Compliance petition (CONT.CAS(C) 428/2025, Delhi High Court, Sachin Datta, J, order dated 03.02.2026) enforcing the order dated 03.01.2024 in W.P.(C) 2823/2016, which had directed reimbursement of the petitioner's medical claims for treatment of his deceased mother, after deducting the amount already paid, with simple interest @ 7% per annum. The respondent's calculation depicted Rs.8,58,712/- but computed interest only till 31.03.2024, whereas payment was in fact made only on 15.07.2024. Holding that, per the directions in the judgment/order dated 23.12.2025 in CONT. CAS (C) 428/2025, interest is payable till the date of payment (15.07.2024), and that the starting point for computation of interest is the date on which the amount became due for the concerned hospitalization period, the Court directed the respondents to re-calculate and pay the balance within eight weeks, ensuring the interest is properly calculated and continues to accrue till the date of payment. Counsel for the respondents undertook compliance; the petition was disposed of.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- CONT.CAS(C) 428/2025

JASBIR SINGH .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Umesh Sinha, Mr.AMit Kumar Singh and Ms. Shefali, Advs.

versus

UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Vedansh Anand, SPC, Mr. Kush Garg, Adv., UOI.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA O R D E R

% 03.02.2026

Vide order dated 03.01.2024, passed in W.P.(C) 2823/2016, it was inter - alia directed as under:

“ 18. It is unfortunate that the petitioner has been made to run from pillar to post for the purpose of reimbursement of medical expenses on account of treatment of his deceased mother and has been contesting the petition for over a decade. In the facts and circumstances, respondents are directed to reimburse the medical claims preferred by the petitioner, after deducting the amount already paid, along with simple interest @ 7% per annum.”

It transpires that the respondent has calculated the amount payable to the petitioner as follows:

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During the course of hearing, it further transpires that the above calculation, depicting an amount of Rs.8,58,712/-, computes the interest payable to the petitioner only till 31.03.2024.

As a matter of fact, the payment was made to the petitioner only on 15.07.2024.

As such, the amount payable to the petitioner has to be re-worked by taking into account that the interest payable is till 15.07.2024. The same follows from a logical reading of the directions contained in the judgment / order dated 23.12.2025, passed in CONT. CAS (C) 428/2025.

Further, the starting point for computation of interest would be the date on which the amount became due for the concerned hospitalization period.

In the circumstances, the respondents are directed to pay the balance

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amount, due to the petitioner, after re-calculating the same, within a period of eight weeks from today.

While computing the amount, the respondents shall take care to ensure that the interest payable to the petitioner is properly calculated.

The respondents shall also mindful of the fact that the interest shall continue to accrue till the date of payment to the petitioner.

Learned counsel for the respondents submits that the requisite payment shall be made in terms of the aforesaid directions.

No further orders are required to be passed in the present petition.

The same is accordingly, disposed of.

SACHIN DATTA, J

FEBRUARY 3, 2026/ cl

This is a digitally signed order.

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