Govt. must upgrade DIMHANS by March 1, 2022: HC
The Hindu
Take all steps expeditiously to make the institute a higher centre for psychiatry, court tells govt.
The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday directed the State Government to upgrade the Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (DIMHANS) as higher centre for psychiatry by March 1, 2022.
Delay due to lack of fund or any other reason should not be there when the government has decided to upgrade the institute to a higher centre for psychiatry at a cost of ₹75 crore while making a provision of ₹10 crore in the 2021-22 Budget, the court said.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin shankar Magadum issued the directions while hearing a PIL petition, filed in 1996 by the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority, through which the court is monitoring facilities being provided to treat mentally ill persons across the state.