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Supreme Court Issues Notice on IIT Kharagpur Student’s Plea for Medical Transfer to IIT Delhi

The petition seeks enforcement of the court’s July mental‑health ruling through a directive to process an inter‑IIT transfer for access to affordable rTMS care.

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Overview

  • Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan issued notices to IIT Kharagpur, IIT Delhi, and AIIMS, with responses due for a hearing listed on October 10, 2025.
  • The petitioner is a first‑year Bachelor of Architecture student from the Scheduled Caste category with documented borderline personality disorder, and the court has kept his identity confidential.
  • The plea says the student requires repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation at AIIMS Delhi with parental supervision, noting the treatment is not available in Kharagpur except at costly private facilities and is accessible in Kolkata.
  • The filing seeks a writ of mandamus directing the institutes to process a medical transfer under Inter‑IIT rules within two weeks, with the medical board constituted at AIIMS Delhi or IIT Delhi.
  • The case is among the first to invoke the Supreme Court’s July judgment recognizing mental health as part of the right to life, citing Section 18 of the Mental Healthcare Act and alleging discriminatory denial given prior approvals of similar transfers.