Supreme Court seeks responses on epilepsy insurance exclusion

Bar & Bench reported that the Supreme Court sought responses from the Central government and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India in a public-interest case concerning epilepsy and health insurance.

The challenge focuses on rules that allowed epilepsy treatment to be permanently excluded from general health-insurance coverage. The petition describes that approach as scientifically outdated and unequal.

For Sanvedana, the proceeding extends years of community work into systemic advocacy: access to care depends not only on medical options, but also on whether families can afford to use them.