The Delhi High Court disposed of a petition filed by convicted separatist leader Yasin Malik seeking medical aid after the Union government assured the High Court of providing all requisite medical treatment to him.
The order was passed by the single-judge Bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta on Thursday, after taking the government’s assurance on record.
The High Court noted that the government was duty-bound to provide necessary medical treatment to the petitioner as and when required, in accordance with the law.
Appearing for the Central government, Advocate Rajat Nair apprised the High Court on Tuesday that Malik complained of dizziness after which he was examined by jail doctors who discovered that he had voluntarily stopped taking prescribed medicines.
Malik was subsequently taken to AIIMS and accorded medical treatment, noted Advocate Nair.
The Counsel appearing for Malik submitted that he had no objection to the petition being disposed of if the government assured of providing proper medical treatment to him.
The separatist leader from Jammu and Kashmir had moved the High Court seeking treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for cardiac and kidney ailments.
Earlier on February 2, the High Court had directed the Tihar Jail Superintendent to ensure medical treatment for the Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik.
In a plea moved by Malik seeking appropriate directions from the Union Government and jail authorities on the grounds that he was suffering from cardiac and kidney related ailments, Justice Kumar ordered necessary medical treatment to convict.
Advocate Nair told the High Court that a medical board was constituted by AIIMS, which Malik denied to be examined by.
The Counsel informed that Malik was not required to be admitted to AIIMS as he could be very well examined as an OPD patient and the same could be done in jail itself.
The Counsel for Malik, however, apprised the Court that Yasin had been treated by different doctors (jail doctors) for the last two years and the change in doctors (medical board of AIIMS) may affect his health.
Malik is serving life sentence in a terror funding case and is currently lodged in Tihar jail. The NIA’s appeal seeking death penalty for him is pending before the Delhi High Court.
Malik was convicted by an NIA Court for the offences under Sections 120B, 121, and 121A of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Sections 13 and 15 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) read with Section 120B of the IPC, besides Sections 17, 18, 20, 38 and 39 of the UAPA.