NIRA KUMARI vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CWP-14046-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 141 CWP-14046-2026 Date of Decision: 06.05.2026 Nira Kumari …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: - Mr. Kanwaljeet Singh Derabassi, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Ishan Kaushal, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab *** JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (Oral) 1. The petitioner through instant petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is seeking direction to respondents to appoint petitioner as legal guardian of her husband Mr. Manish Singh to execute sale deed of his flat. 2. The petitioner claims that Mr. Manish Singh is in vegetative state since 2023. As per judgment of this Court in Surekha v. Axis Bank and others, 2025 SCC OnLine P&H 3402, the petitioner may be appointed as legal guardian of her husband. She is ready to comply with parameters/guidelines laid down in aforesaid judgment. 3. Learned State counsel submits that as per judgment of Surekha (supra) the respondent has to constitute a Medical Board to ascertain physical and mental condition of Mr. Manish Singh. The competent authority would constitute Medical Board and thereafte