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2021 Supreme(Del) 973

PRATHIBA M. SINGH
S. D. – Appellant
Versus
Govt Of NCT Of Delhi – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Varun Singh, Ms. Deepeika Kalia, Mr. Kapish Seth, Mr. Mr. ityunjay Singh, Ms. Alankriti Dwivedi, Ms. Samruddhi Bendbhar and Mr. Satwik Misra, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Anupam Srivastava, ASC for GNCTD with Mr. Vasuh Misra, Advocates, Mr. K.K. Rai, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Anshul Rai, Mr. S.K. Pandey, Mr. Chandrashekhar AC, Mr. Awanish Kumar & Ms. Sreoshi Chatterjee, Advocates, Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Ravi Sharma, Ms. Gunjan Mangla, Ms. Madhulika Rai Sharma & Mr. Anjani Kumar Rai, Advocates, Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr Advocate with Mr. B. Shravanth Shanker and Ms. Monalisa Kosaria, Advocates, Mr. Harish Salve, Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Mr. Mohit Mathur, Sr. Advocates with Mr. D. Abhinav Rao, Advocate; Mr. Sandeep Sethi, Sr. Advocate with Mr. D. Abhinav Rao, for the Respondent.

JUDGMENT

Prathiba M. Singh, J. - The well-known proverb "health is wealth" has deep and varying connotations. Historically, it connoted physical health but in modern society the word "health "would include physical, mental and emotional health of a person. The plight of an extremely well to do mentally ill person (hereinafter Mr. DMP') with a large family is the subject matter of the present petition. Due to the sensitive nature of this case and the persons involved, all the individuals are referred to by their abbreviated initials and not by full name. The Petitioner is the wife of the mentally ill Mr. DMP. An application has been moved by the Respondent no. 5 in respect of the nomenclature used for the Petitioner which is dealt with below, before proceeding further.

CM APPL. 21096/2021 (for modification of o/d 4th June, 2021)

2. This application has been filed on behalf of Respondent No. 5 seeking partial modification of order dated 4th June, 2021, to the extent that it refers to the Petitioner - Mrs. SD as the "wife of DMP". During the course of hearing, Respondent Nos.5 and 6 have repeatedly objected to Mrs. SD being referred to as Mr. DMP's wife.

3. It is seen from the record that

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