Provide medical aid to jailed separatist leader Yasin Malik: Delhi HC to Tihar jail
The Hindu
Delhi High Court orders medical treatment for Yasin Malik, separatist leader on hunger strike, amid life sentence appeal.
The Delhi High Court on Friday asked Tihar jail authorities to provide necessary medical treatment to separatist leader Yasin Malik, who was awarded life sentence in a terror case, and is reportedly on a hunger strike.
The court issued notices to the Centre, Delhi government, and jail authorities on a plea for Malik’s medical treatment and also sought a health status report ahead of a next hearing scheduled for November 11.
Malik’s counsel informed the court that his client has been on a hunger strike since November 1 and urgently needs hospital admission.
“Issue notice. Let medical status report of the petitioner be called from the jail superintendent. Further, keeping in perspective the submissions made by the counsel for the petitioner, superintendent jail is directed to ensure that necessary medical treatment is provided to the petitioner in accordance with the jail rules,” the court ordered.
Malik was awarded life-term imprisonment by a Delhi trial court on May 24, 2022, after it held him guilty of various offences under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code.
The National Investigation Agency has filed an appeal in the high court seeking enhancement of his life term sentence to the maximum punishment of death penalty.
In his plea before the high court, Malik claimed to be a patient of “serious cardiac and kidney ailments”, currently facing a “life and death situation”.
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