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2013 Supreme(Del) 1606

PRADEEP NANDRAJOG, V.KAMESWAR RAO
Rani Bhatia – Appellant
Versus
Stephens Hospital Society – Respondent


Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Ms. Nitya Ram Krishan, Ms. Amiy Shukla, Advocates.
For the Respondents:Rajeev Sharma, R1 & R2, Sahil Bhalaik, Uddyam Mukherjee, Jayendera, R3, Kushal Yadav, Ms. Sonia Arora, R4, A.P. Singh, Ms. Gurjinder Kaur, Advocates.

Judgment :

Pradeep Nandrajog, J.

1. On September 17, 2013 News X Channel had put on the air a discussion/debate on the subject ‘Profit over patients’. It contained a dialogue between the anchor, the petitioner Dr.Rani Bhatia, Dr.Sudhir Joseph, the Director of St. Stephens Hospital, Dr.Puneet Bedi and Dr.Kaul. The precursor to the debate/discussion was services of the petitioner being terminated on September 04, 2013. The petitioner was issued an appointment letter on December 20, 2008 with retrospective effect from October 01, 2008 as a Senior Specialist in the Psychiatry Department of St. Stephens Hospital. It was indicated to her that the employer-employee bond could be snapped by either party after giving one month notice or a month’s salary in lieu thereof. The foundation of the instant writ petition, which lays a challenge to the letter dated September 04, 2013 terminating petitioner’s service is malice, arbitrariness and an abuse of power by St. Stephens Hospital Society; stated to be a private body performing public functions. The substratum of the foundation is the dialogue put on the air by News X Channel between the anchor, Dr.Sudhir Joseph, the petitioner, Dr.Puneet Bedi








































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