“Driving Her To Civil Court Is Not Proper”: Madras HC Appoints Wife As Guardian Of Comatose Husband, Allows Her Sell To Properties For Medical Expenses

The Madras High Court has recently appointed a wife as the guardian of her husband, who was in a vegetative state, thereby allowing her to dispose of the properties in her husband's name to meet the medical expenses. Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice PB Balaji thus set aside the order of a single judge who had opined that the relief could not be granted under Article 226 and gave...