NIDHI PARIHAR vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~56 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 4596/2022 NIDHI PARIHAR .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Deepika Sheoran, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr Sandeep Tyagi, SPC with Mr. Surinder Kumar, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 16.10.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. CM APPL. 65255/2025 (Exemption) 1. Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The application stands disposed of. REVIEW PET. 523/2025 3. This review petition seeks review of our judgment dated 27 August 2025, to the extent we dismissed WP (C) 4596/2022. 4. The petitioner was invalided out of service on medical grounds. She challenged the said decision before this Court. It was sought to be Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT W.P.(C) 4596/2022 Page 1 of 4 KUMAR Signing Date:17.10.2025 17:13:21 contended that the seizure disorder which was the basis of the petitioner being invalided out of service developed after she had joined military service and that, therefore, it could not constitute a ground to invalid her out of service. 5. On seeing the record, we found that there was a specific entry by the medical specialist who examined the petitioner, to the effect that she had similar episodes in childhood. We, therefore, were of the view that the disorder could not be said to be one which had emerged after the petitioner had joined military service and that the petitioner was not, therefore, entitled to so contend. 6. Now, the petitioner has changed Counsel and has filed this review petition. 7. At the outset, we informed Ms. Deepika Sheoran who appears for the petitioner that it is not proper for one counsel to argue the main writ petition and for another counsel to argue the review peti