GURPREET KAUR TALWAR vs STATE & ORS

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$~19 * IN THE HIGH COURTOF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 19.11.2025 + FAO 576/2016 GURPREET KAUR TALWAR .....Appellant Through: Mr. Siddarth Agarwal, Advocate. versus STATE & ORS .....Respondents Through: Appearance not given. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA JUDGMENT (ORAL) TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J. 1. Learned counsel for the parties are ad idem that the issue raised in the present appeal is no more res integra in view of the judgment of a Co- ordinate Bench of this Court in Vandana Tyagi and Anr. Versus Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) and Ors., bearing W.P.(C) No. 11003/2019 pronounced on 07.01.2020. The said judgment is taken on record. 2. Learned counsel points out to paragraph 36 of the aforesaid judgment to submit that the guidelines, as sought in the present appeal, have been succinctly laid down in the said paragraph. 3. It would be apposite to extract the said paragraph hereunder:- Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:YASHRAJ FAO 576/2016 Page 1 of 5 Signing Date:21.11.2025 15:19:19 “36. Guidelines (i) A person(s) who seek(s) to be appointed as guardians vis-à-vis an individual, who is lying in comatose state, shall in their petition to the court disclose the details of all tangible and intangible assets of such an individual. The details as to their location and approximate market value shall also be disclosed. In case of bank accounts, stocks, shares, and debentures and other investments are concerned, material particulars will be provided. (ii) The court will have the person lying in comatose examined by a duly constituted medical board which would include, inter alia, a neurologist. (iii) The court will also direct the concerned SDM/Tehsildar in whose jurisdiction the person lying in comatose is said to be loca