...conformity with Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India. The Supreme Court in catena of cases has held that right to lead a happy life includes the right to health which is guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. In the cases of...v. Union of India, AIR 1995 SC 922, the Supreme Court has held that right to life includes the right to health.11. It is an undisputed fact that during incumbency Judges and Chief....4. One counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the Union of India sworn to by the Under Secretary in the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice, wherein it is stated that...

.... Recently, the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re : The Proper Treatment of Covid 19 Patients and Dignified Handling of Dead Bodies in the Hospitals etc. has held that right to health is a fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Right to health includes affordable treatment. 18. Following the principles of law laid down by their Lordships of the Supreme Court in the aforecited cases (supra...Supreme Court in the matter of Consumer Education & Research Centre v. Union of India (1995) 3 SCC 42 has held that right to health and...medical care to protect his health and vigour while in service or post-retirement is a fundamental right of a worker under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, and observed as under...

..., decided on 19-6-2020. has held that right to health is a fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Right to health includes affordable treatment.18. Following the principles of law laid down by their Lordships of the Supreme Court in the aforecited cases (supra...right to take steps in self-preservation of her own life which is a facet to right to health and thus, she immediately got herself admitted in the hospital for medical treatment (Canal Stenosis), but...), it is quite vivid that right to health is a fundamental right under Article 21 of the...

...Proper Treatment of Covid 19 Patients and Dignified Handling of Dead Bodies in the Hospitals etc.6has held that right to health is a fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Right to health includes affordable treatment. 9. Following the principles of law laid down by their Lordships of the Supreme Court in the afore-cited cases, it...quite vivid that right to health is a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution of India as held by the Supreme Court in Surjit...Consumer Education & Research Centre and others v. Union of India and others2 has held that right to health and medical care to...

...Constitution, which has been held in the abovementioned decisions to include the right to good health.”6. Although these cases were adjourned at one point of time to await the decision of the Supreme Court in the Special Leave Petition (‘SLP’) stated to have been filed by the Union of India against...retired employee of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (‘NMML’). In both petitions, it is prayed that a mandamus be issued to the Respondent Union of India to extend the Central Government Health...entitled to the benefit of the CGHS Scheme even after retirement. Reliance is also placed on the decisions in S.K Sharma v. Union of India...

...post of Director (Health Services), Joint Director (Health Services) and Deputy Director (Health Services) be made in the manner prescribed therein. Rule 9-A dealing with the appointment to the....8. As Respondent 3 was not eligible for consideration to the post of Deputy Director, Health Services, the Departmental Promotion Committee committed a mistake in recommending him...and the said post of Deputy Director, Health Services in the State of Punjab is declared to have fallen vacant forthwith. The respondent State is directed to appoint a fresh Departmental Promotion...

...Inspector Course or Multipurpose Health Worker (Male) is in violation of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. It is also pointed out that the relaxation amounts to treating unequals as...Unipurpose Health Workers who were engaged in various schemes for eradication of different diseases which were widespread throughout India. By an order dated 29-9-1982, Unipurpose Workers were integrated...as Multipurpose Health Workers. On 4-11-1988, there was a subsequent integration of employees engaged in the family welfare. Soon thereafter, statutory rules were notified under the proviso to...

...could only be “a substance taken into the body to maintain life and growth”. No one in his right mind would consider that pan masala or gutka would be consumed for maintenance and development of health.... The common issue raised for consideration of this Court in all these cases is the validity of notifications issued by the Food (Health) Authority under Section 7(iv) of the Prevention of Food...distribute: (i) chewing tobacco; (ii) pan masala; (iii) gutka, containing tobacco in any form or any other ingredients injurious to health, under whatever name or description in the State of Tamil...

...activities had become a threat to the public order and public health. Necessary material in this regard is totally wanting in the body of the detention order itself. In large number of cases, the Supreme...health and public order. Besides the criminal cases the detaining authority has also referred to the statements made by three witnesses dated 18.8.1999 with regard to the incidents dated 17.7.1999...Pleader is that in this case also the detaining authority has mentioned in the grounds of detention that the appellant's activities were causing an obstruction to the public health and this mention by...

...the development agenda. The right to health is relevant to all States. India has ratified the International Human Rights treaty recognizing the right to health. Thus, the right to health is an inclusive right and the underlying determinants of health amongst other things includes adequate sanitation. The Apex Court has held in several cases that...right to health was again recognized as a human right in the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Article 12). 19th November is celebrated as a World Toilet Day and India...discrimination. According to Article 21 of the Constitution of India, every citizen, including women is entitled to the right to life and dignity. 4. Women are the backbone...

...Government Employees Health Fund Scheme. Similarly, the treatment taken by the Petitioner is also not disputed.7. Similar issue, with regard to the treatment taken in the unlisted hospitals....8. The Supreme Court has recognized the right to health as Fundamental Right under Article 21 of the...developed paralytic stroke on the left side of the body due to blood clotting on the right side of the brain, was admitted in an emergent condition in a private hospital. The Supreme Court, taking note of...

...for the respondent submitted that the right to life and health is a fundamental right enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution of India, Therefore, the respondent had a right to avail of the best medical facilities which were available in the city for saving his life. According to him, in a number of cases the.... 27. That right to health, medical aid to protect the health and vigour to a worker while in service or post retirement is a fundamental right under Article 21, read with...package deal rates given in Annexure I & II of Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare O.M. No. S-11011/16/94-CGHS Desk II/CMO (D)/CGHS (P) dated 18.09.1996 (R1), package deal rates...

...that the problem of silicosis is prevalent in many States and further survey is to be conducted in this regard and since the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Labour, Union of India have to provide...all necessary assistance, we direct the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Labour, Union of India to extend all further assistance to NHRC for further action in this regard. NHRC may take up the...specific and confirmed cases of persons who are suffering from silicosis and shall recommend to provide immediate medical relief to them through the authorities concerned and in case of those persons who...

...right to live with human dignity. In other words, man's life should be meaningful, worth living. Pith and substance of life is the health, which is the nucleus of all activities of life including that of...right under the Constitution is absolute in term. It has to be balanced with the need, equity and the resources available.8. In Vincent Panikurlangara v. Union of India...fruits of his labour, to keep him physically fit and mentally alert. Medical facilities, therefore, is a fundamental and human right to protect his health. In that case health insurance, while in...

...to constitute Primary Health Centres in each district. On March 22, 1957, the Government of Andhra Pradesh issued a notification laying down broad principles for guidance in the selection of places...last 8 months, the Primary Health Centre located in that place be shifted to and established permanently at any other suitable village where land and cash contributions were forthcoming. On July 13...Centre from one place where it was permanently located to another, while the correct position was that in the instant case the Primary Health Centre was not permanently located by the Government and...

...Article 21 of the Constitution, which has been held in the abovementioned decisions to include the right to good health. 6. Although these cases were adjourned at one point of time to await the decision of the Supreme Court in the Special Leave Petition (SLP) stated to have been filed by the Union of India against...appears to this Court that the stand of the government in the present cases is untenable. This contention was rejected by the learned Single Judge in the order dated 2nd April 2003 in Writ Petition...Regulations and thus illegal. 5. The Division Bench of this Court in Union of India v. SPA concurred with the above views in paras 16 to 18 of its judgment as under: 16. It has...

...‘Consumer Education & Research Centre v. Union of India'’ have held that the right to health and medical aid of workers during service and thereafter is a fundamental right. Court can give directions...in appropriate cases to State or its undertakings/instrumentalities, company or private employer to make the right meaningful and to pay compensation to affected workmen. Their Lordships have further...life itself in that State.24. The right to health to a worker is an integral facet of meaningful right to life, to have not only a meaningful existence but also robust health and...

...incurred by government servants, who undergo treatment in private hospitals: It is now settled law that right to health is integral to right to life. A welfare State like India is bound to provide the...and non-observance of prescribed procedure and incurring expenditure in excess of CGHS package/approved rates have to be condoned. [K.P. Singh v. Union of India & Ors., 2001 (10) SCC 167; State of...in the case of State of Punjab & Ors. v. Ram Lubhaya Bagga (supra), as pointed out in the judgments of the Honble High Court of Delhi in the cases of M.G. Mahindru v. Union of India & Anr.(supra) and...

...Consumer Education & Research Centre & others v. Union of India & others. Their Lordships have held that the right to health and medical aid of workers during service and...thereafter is a fundamental right. Court can give directions in appropriate cases to State or its undertakings/instrumentalities, company or private employer to make the right meaningful and to pay...was held to be an access to life itself in that State. 24. The right to health to a worker is an integral facet of meaningful right to life, to have not only a meaningful...