The Indian government has been accused of cracking down on dissent by arresting academics, students, rights activists and poets under the UAPA (Unlawful Activities.
Babu tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month and was initially brought from the Taloja prison in neighbouring Navi Mumbai to the government-run J J Hospital here.
Mumbai:
The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the Breach Candy Hospital not to discharge Delhi University associate professor Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, till June 1 and sought a medical report on his condition and treatment given to him.
A vacation bench of Justices SS Shinde and N R Borkar said if the private hospital was to discharge Hany Babu before June 1, then it shall first inform the court and take permission. Hany Babu tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month and was initially brought from the Taloja prison in neighbouring Navi Mumbai to the government-run J J Hospital. He was later shifted to the GT Hospital in Mumbai.
Don’t discharge Hany Babu before June 1, Bombay HC tells hospital ‘Elgar Parishad case accused must not be sent back to jail on the ground that he does not require critical care anymore’
The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai not to discharge Delhi University associate professor Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, till June 1 and sought a medical report on his condition and treatment given to him.
A vacation bench of Justices S S Shinde and N R Borkar said if the private hospital was to discharge Babu before June 1, then it shall first inform the court and take permission.
HC summons hospital dean on Hany Babu’s plea for medical aid
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May 19, 2021 12:30 IST
As per his family and lawyer, Mr. Babu developed an acute eye infection on May 3.
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Hany Babu was arrested by the NIA in July 2020. | File
As per his family and lawyer, Mr. Babu developed an acute eye infection on May 3.
Delhi University’s associate professor Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, moved the Bombay High Court on Wednesday seeking medical aid for an eye infection which he developed after contracting COVID-19.
Mr. Babu s counsel senior advocate Yug Chaudhry approached a vacation bench comprising Justices S J Kathawalla and S P Tavade, seeking an urgent hearing on the ground that Mr. Babu, who tested positive for coronavirus last week, had also developed an eye infection due to black fungus.