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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
FARHAN P.DUBASH
Jitendra Gorakh Megh – Appellant
Versus
Gorakh Govind Megh – Respondent
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| 1. ia seeks medical board for father's mental capacity in suit. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. parties contend over mental illness proof and ia maintainability. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. evolution from custodial to rights-based mental health framework. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 15) |
| 4. mha defines mental illness excluding transient metabolic conditions. (Para 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 5. section 105 mandates board referral on disputed mental illness proof. (Para 16 , 17) |
| 6. section 105 protects mentally ill as shield, not litigation sword. (Para 18 , 19 , 20 , 21) |
| 7. adversarial invocation of section 105 constitutes process abuse. (Para 22 , 23) |
| 8. hypoglycemic episodes not mental illness under mha definition. (Para 24 , 25 , 26) |
| 9. prior unconditional ia withdrawal bars fresh application. (Para 27) |
| 10. interim application dismissed without costs. (Para 28) |
JUDGMENT :
FARHAN P. DUBASH, J.
1. The present Interim Application (IA), preferred under Section 105 of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (MHA), has been filed by the Applicant/Plaintiff seeking the appointment of an independent Medical Board to examine and assess the mental condition of Defendant No. 1, who is the Applicant's father and who is alleged
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