One of the petitioner-doctors was a gynaecologist whose husband was also a doctor who worked in another hospital in Ernakulam.
It was submitted that they have two children aged seventeen years and six years both of whom suffered from severe asthma. The eldest child was in the 11th standard and the petitioner’s mother was 89 years old, dependent solely on the petitioner, and was undergoing medical treatment for several ailments at a hospital in Ernakulam.
The other petitioner was a general surgeon. Her husband worked in Bangalore leaving her solely responsible for the care of their seven-year-old child as well as her ailing mother.
The two woman doctors first moved the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) at Ernakulam challenging orders transferring them to Kollam. When they came up for consideration on November 14, 2023, the tribunal did not grant any interim orders in their favour as the hospital said that the petitioners had been relieved from the Ernakulam hospital already.
This decision of CAT was challenged by the petitioners before the Kerala High Court.
Source: Barandbench
