DOC APPOINTED AS GUARDIAN
Wife of man in coma can sell his assets: Bombay HC
Shibu.Thomas @timesgroup.com
Mumbai:9.5.2019
The Bombay high court has appointed a Mumbai-based doctor as the guardian and manager of properties of her husband, a pathologist, who has been in a coma since 2013. The woman had filed a petition seeking to be appointed her husband’s guardian so that she can sell off some of his movable and immovable properties and manage his bank accounts to raise money for expenses of their two children.
Last month, following the court’s directions, the dean of Nair hospital appointed a team of neurological experts to evaluate the condition of the man. The report placed before the court said that the patient was in a “persistent vegetative state/minimally conscious state, is bedridden, needs 24x7 assistance for his basic daily needs and cannot take any rational decisions on his own”.
In the plea, the woman said that there were residential and commercial properties in his name as well as bank and demat accounts. Selling off some of the properties would help the family, which includes the couple’s two college-going children.
“It is obvious that considering the health condition of the husband, he needs assistance 24x7. Therefore, the case made out by the petitioner that by selling the immovable properties held by her husband, she wants to purchase a larger premises for residence deserves to be accepted,” said the bench.
Wife of man in coma can sell his assets: Bombay HC
Shibu.Thomas @timesgroup.com
Mumbai:9.5.2019
The Bombay high court has appointed a Mumbai-based doctor as the guardian and manager of properties of her husband, a pathologist, who has been in a coma since 2013. The woman had filed a petition seeking to be appointed her husband’s guardian so that she can sell off some of his movable and immovable properties and manage his bank accounts to raise money for expenses of their two children.
Last month, following the court’s directions, the dean of Nair hospital appointed a team of neurological experts to evaluate the condition of the man. The report placed before the court said that the patient was in a “persistent vegetative state/minimally conscious state, is bedridden, needs 24x7 assistance for his basic daily needs and cannot take any rational decisions on his own”.
In the plea, the woman said that there were residential and commercial properties in his name as well as bank and demat accounts. Selling off some of the properties would help the family, which includes the couple’s two college-going children.
“It is obvious that considering the health condition of the husband, he needs assistance 24x7. Therefore, the case made out by the petitioner that by selling the immovable properties held by her husband, she wants to purchase a larger premises for residence deserves to be accepted,” said the bench.
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