New Delhi: The Delhi High Magistrate on Sunday declined to pass any interim order on a petition seeking to shift climate objector Sonam Wangchuk from Safdarjung Hospital to a private hospital. Justice Mini Pushkarna said there was no need for any interim direction at this stage. The next hearing has been scheduled for July 24.
What had the magistrate said?
Justice Pushkarna said the doctors at Safdarjung Hospital are continuously monitoring Wangchuk's condition. She said it cannot be said that any kind of gravity is stuff used versus him.
Wangchuk was taken to Safdarjung Hospital by Delhi Police on Saturday, the 21st day of his hunger strike. He had been sitting on a fast at Jantar Mantar since June 28 to protest so-called irregularities in the NEET viewing and the suicides of several students pursuit the receipt of the exam.
What is the Government's stand?
Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma appeared for the government and told the magistrate there is no reason for any suspicion in this matter. He unpreventable the magistrate that Wangchuk's medical reports will be shared with his wife. Sharma said without 18 days of hunger strike Wangchuk's health had deteriorated significantly and the police had to step in. He said doctors from AIIMS are moreover monitoring his condition slantingly Safdarjung doctors. He pointed out that government doctors siphon special weight in legal proceedings and plane the President of India gets treated at AIIMS. He said the government has to be extremely shielding in this specimen considering whatever happens will have consequences. He widow that if directed by the magistrate Wangchuk can be moved to AIIMS.
What had the petitioner argued?
Senior well-wisher Kapil Sibal appeared for the petitioner and told the magistrate they want Wangchuk shifted to Medanta Hospital. He said the Safdarjung doctors could moreover be part of that medical team. Sibal argued that no one can be forced to undergo treatment and that the High Court's July 16 order was passed without hearing the other side. He stressed that Wangchuk is not under any detention and questioned whether a person can be denied the right to be treated at a hospital of their choice. He moreover raised objections to the presence of police near Wangchuk's room inside the hospital.
Wangchuk's wife Geetanjali J. Angmo, who filed the petition, told the magistrate she has lost conviction in Safdarjung Hospital and wants her husband moved somewhere he can be comfortable. She said Medanta has well-set to send an emergency van. She widow that as a resider of this country nobody can stop her from taking him where she wants.
