'Medical Manual Not Sole Repository Of All Ailments': Delhi High Court Denies Relief To JAG Candidate Declared Unfit Due To High Haemoglobin

Nupur Thapliyal

7 Jan 2022 8:55 PM IST

  • Medical Manual Not Sole Repository Of All Ailments: Delhi High Court Denies Relief To JAG Candidate Declared Unfit Due To High Haemoglobin

    Medical standards in Armed Forces should be adhered to more strictly, the Court added.

    The Delhi High Court has held that the Medical Manual (Manual of Medical Examination and Medical Standard for Various Entries into Army, TRG Academies and Military School) cannot be stated to be the sole repository of all ailments that may make a person medically unfit for appointment in the Armed Forces. A bench comprising of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Manmohan added that the...

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    Nupur Thapliyal is a Principal Correspondent with LiveLaw, based in New Delhi. She reports from the Delhi High Court and trial courts in the national capital

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