Can Siddique Kappan Be Shifted For Treatment Outside State: SC Asks UP Govt
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to seek instructions from the state government on its suggestion and posted the plea of Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) and Kappan s wife for further hearing at 1 pm. File photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-04-28T13:22:44+05:30 Can Siddique Kappan Be Shifted For Treatment Outside State: SC Asks UP Govt outlookindia.com 2021-04-28T13:24:55+05:30
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The Supreme Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government if Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested last year on way to Hathras where a young Dalit woman had died after being gang-raped, can be shifted for better medical outside the state. “We are confined to health issues. It is in the interest of the state also that the accused gets better treatment,” the bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana observed.
India: Court directs shifting of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan to Delhi govt hospital
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Kappan’s wife had pleaded with the chief justice, seeking his help.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to shift Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan to a government hospital in Delhi for treatment, instead of letting him continue in a Mathura jail.
Kappan’s wife had pleaded with the chief justice, seeking his help. She had written to him, noting that her husband had been chained like an animal to a cot of a medical college hospital in Mathura. He was extremely critical and could not eat nor go to the toilet for the past four days, she said.