Plea seeking to stall transfer dismissed

Court rejects plea saying that petitioner’s wife is leading a normal healthy life

The Delhi High Court has rejected a plea by an Indo-Tibetian Border Police (ITBP) constable seeking to stall his transfer to Ladakh on the ground that his wife was suffering from depression and was a threat to their infant son. A Bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Asha Menon took note of the report of a medical board, which showed that the constable’s wife “is leading a normal healthy life”. “Consequently, keeping in view the clear and categorical opinion of the medical board constituted by this court and that too with the consent of the petitioner, this court is of the opinion that the wife of the petitioner is neither depressed nor suffering from any mental health issue,” the court said.