{"id":28246,"date":"2026-07-19T12:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/?p=28246"},"modified":"2026-07-19T12:12:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:12:54","slug":"sonam-wangchuk-hospitalisation-delhi-high-court-private-hospital-transfer-article-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/sonam-wangchuk-hospitalisation-delhi-high-court-private-hospital-transfer-article-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonam Wangchuk Hospitalisation Case: Delhi High Court Refuses Private Hospital Transfer, Balances Article 21 and Patient Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/span>Wife’s Plea Against Sonam Wangchuk’s Hospitalisation: Delhi High Court Refuses Immediate Transfer to Private Hospital, Prioritises Medical Care Over Competing Claims<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Introduction<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In an extraordinary Sunday sitting, the Delhi High Court was called upon to decide a matter that lay at the intersection of constitutional liberty, patient autonomy, medical ethics, state responsibility, and judicial oversight. The petition was filed by Dr. Gitanjali J. Angmo, wife of noted environmental activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk, seeking his immediate transfer from the government-run Safdarjung Hospital to a private medical facility of the family’s choice.<\/p>

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