Archive · 7 Jun 2025
Bombay HC Orders Full Reimbursement for Pensioner's Heart Transplant
A retired government worker in Mumbai had a heart transplant.
The government initially refused to pay the full cost because it was done at a private hospital.
However, the Bombay High Court said the worker should get all their money back.
This is because the government hospitals that the worker was supposed to use didn't offer heart transplants at the time.
The court said that denying the money was unfair and went against the worker's rights.
The court recognized that getting a heart transplant is a serious matter and needed to be treated with care.
Bombay High Court ruled in favor of a retired central government employee.
The employee was denied full reimbursement for a heart transplant.
The court determined the employee could choose a private hospital due to a lack of timely options at empanelled hospitals.
The court ordered full reimbursement of the employee's undisputed expenses.
The court deemed the denial of reimbursement a violation of fundamental rights.
- Who
- Anirudh Nansi, a retired central government employee.
- What
- The Bombay High Court ordered full reimbursement for a retired government employee's heart transplant.
- When
- The Bombay High Court made its ruling on Friday, regarding a heart transplant in December 2020.
- Where
- Mumbai, at a private hospital. The Bombay High Court.
- Why
- Because the employee needed a heart transplant and could not get it done at the government-approved hospitals in time, violating their fundamental rights.
- Petitioner
- Anirudh Nansi, former central government employee
- Surgery
- Heart transplant
- Date of Transplant
- December 29, 2020
- Court
- Bombay High Court
- Issue
- Reimbursement denial for private hospital treatment
- Ruling
- Full reimbursement ordered