IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 29.05.2025.

Pronounced on: 03.07.2025.

SUREKHA … Petitioner Versus AXIS BANK AND ORS. ... Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUPINDER SINGH GREWAL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Brijeshwar Singh Bhalla, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Aftab Singh Khara, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab.

Mr. Anant Kataria, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana.

Mr. Munish Bansal, Public Prosecutor, U.T., Chandigarh.

Mr. D.K. Singal, Advocate for respondent/Bank.

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ANUPINDER SINGH GREWAL, J.

1. The petitioner is seeking issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus to declare herself as the guardian of Rohit Kumar, who is her son and is presently stated to be in a vegetative/comatose state.

2. It is submitted that Rohit Kumar had taken a gold loan after pledging certain gold articles. Later, he met with an accident and sustained serious injuries to his head, which left him in a vegetative state, unable to perform normal functions which is evident from the medical reports at Annexure P-4. Learned Counsel has sought a writ to be issued in the nature of mandamus declaring the petitioner, who is the mother of Rohit Kumar