Delhi High Court seeks report from Tihar Jail authorities on medical condition of prisoners aged over 75
Court was hearing a suo moto case registered in 2005.
The Delhi High Court has sought report from Tihar jail authorities on the medical condition of all convicts and under-trial prisoners aged above 75 years.
A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Mini Pushkarna also asked for the information about any medical care being provided to such prisoners.
“The concerned Medical Superintendent is directed to furnish a fresh status report regarding the current medical condition of all the convicts and under-trial prisoners, who are above the age of 75 years (currently lodged in jail), including complete details of the treatments, if any, being provided to them, on or before the next date of hearing”, the court ordered.
The matter will be taken up next on May 29.
The division bench was hearing a "suo moto case" registered in 2005 plea concerning one Maya Devi, who was 92 years old at the time, after taking note of a news report.
Notably, on February 2, 2005, the high court after considering Maya Devi’s age and her medical report which said that she was suffering from various diseases, had granted her bail.
In January this year, the division bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh had directed the Director General (Prison) to file a list of all inmates, regardless of their gender, over the age of 75 years, incarcerated within the territorial jurisdiction on or before March 21.
Case Title: Court in its own motion Reg: Maya Devi v. UOI & Ors.