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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 34508 of 2025 Court No. - 4 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J.
HON'BLE SWARUPAMA CHATURVEDI, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the records.
2. Petitioner is aggrieved for not being granted Medico-Legal Certificate even though he suffered a firearm injury on 11th November, 2023 and went under treatment at Ganesh Shankar Viddyarthi Memorial Medical College, Hailet Hospital Compund Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur Nagar.
3. It is contended that the first information report was also lodged on 11th November, 2025 itself regarding the incident and yet as per the information received under the Right to Information Act, 2005, no medico legal case was sought to be registered. It is thus contended that it was duty of the doctor who had treated the petitioner to have reported the authorities to issue Medico Legal Certificate.
4. Sri Sandeep Singh, learned Brief Holder submits that petitioner may be directed to approach the authority concerned afresh and in the event petitioner approaches the authority, the authority may issue necessary certificate in accordance with law.
5. In view of the above, we dispose of this petition with a direction to the petitioner to move an application afresh before the Medical Superintendent/ Director of the Ganesh Shankar Viddyarthi Memorial Medical College, Hailet Hospital Compund Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur Nagar, within a period of two weeks from today and in the event such application is moved as directed herein above, the same shall be considered and disposed of by the concerned competent authority within a further period of two months.
6. It is, however, provided that in the event authority comes to a conclusion that petitioner deserves to be granted Medico-Legal Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Bholeshwar, Sanjay Kumar Bharati Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Pankaj Kumar .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s)
Certificate, the same shall be issued to him forthwith without any further delay. October 10, 2025 Atmesh WRIC No. 34508 of 2025 2 (Swarupama Chaturvedi,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- ATMESH KESARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad