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Delhi High Court appoints wife as legal guardian of man in vegetative state — “Statutory vacuum cannot deny protection; parens patriae jurisdiction must step in”

1. Court’s decision The Delhi High Court has appointed the wife of a man lying in a long-term vegetative state as his legal guardian, invoking its inherent parens patriae jurisdiction…

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Rawlaw November 22, 2025

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