Case Law Analysis
|Central Administrative Tribunal
Right to Health Under Article 21 Overrides Prior Permission Requirement for Emergency Cancer Treatment: CAT Allahabad
The Central Administrative Tribunal held that denying medical reimbursement to a government employee’s family for emergency cancer treatment, solely due to lack of prior permission, violates the fundamental right to health under Article 21. This ruling sets a precedent that procedural rigidity under railway medical rules must yield to life-saving medical emergencies, protecting thousands of government families facing similar crises.