The Delhi High Court has upheld the decision of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), directing the Union of India to reimburse the full medical expenses incurred by a retired government employee for emergency COVID-19 treatment at a non-empanelled hospital. The Division Bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Madhu Jain dismissed the petition filed by the Union of India, ruling that the rigidity of rate fixation cannot stand in the way of full reimbursement when treatment is necessitated by an undisputed medical emergency.

Case Background

The respondent, Kamal Kishore , a retired Private Secretary from the Ministry of Tourism and a beneficiary of the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), was admitted to U.K. Nursing Home Multi-Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, on Novembe

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