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SC asks UP govt to shift Kappan to Delhi for treatment ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Wed, Apr 28 2021 15:12 IST | ​ 11 Views SC asks UP govt to shift Kappan to Delhi for treatment. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, April 28 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the UP government to shift Kerala journalist Siddiqque Kappan lodged in Mathura Jail to a government hospital in Delhi for medical treatment. The bench comprising Chief Justice N.V. Ramana, Justices S. Kant and A.S. Bopanna ...

Updated: April 27, 2021 13:44 IST Advocate Wills Mathew, appearing for KUWJ, said that on April 20 he fell in the bathroom and on April 21 Siddique Kappan was tested positive for COVID-19 Share Article AAA Advocate Wills Mathew, appearing for KUWJ, said that on April 20 he fell in the bathroom and on April 21 Siddique Kappan was tested positive for COVID-19 The Supreme Court on April 27 asked the Uttar Pradesh government to submit medical records of journalist Siddique Kappan who was arrested ...

SC directs Uttar Pradesh govt to file medical report of journalist Siddique Kappan tomorrow The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file a medical report of journalist Siddique Kappan and adjourned the matter for further hearing till Wednesday. Journalist Siddique Kappan, who was arrested under UAPA & is lodged in Mathura Jail, has been currently undergoing treatment for COVID in a Mathura Hospital— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2021 "Let us first see the reports. Please pro...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file a medical report of journalist Siddique Kappan and adjourned the matter for further hearing till Wednesday. Supreme Courts three-judge bench, led by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, was hearing the habeas corpus petition filed by the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) seeking its immediate direction to transfer Kappan from Mathura hospital to AIIMS, New Delhi, due to his serious ill-health. "Let you (the SG, Utt...

The Supreme Court asked the Uttar Pradesh government to submit medical records of journalist Siddique Kappan, on Tuesday, who was arrested last year on way to Hathras where a young Dalit woman had died after allegedly being gang-raped. Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) have alleged that Kappan has been chained to a cot in the hospital he was admitted to after falling in the bathroom and later testing positive for Covid-19. The UP government refuted the allegations that Kappan has been ...

Produce Siddique Kappan’s medical records, SC tells UP government The Kerala journalist, arrested on his way to report on the Hathras rape and murder and jailed, is being treated for Covid in a Mathura hospital. 27 Apr, 2021 The Supreme Court today asked the Uttar Pradesh government for medical records of journalist Siddique Kappan, who recently contracted coronavirus in jail and is now admitted in a Mathura hospital. Kappan was on his way to report on the gangrape and murder of a Dalit g...

He is chained to his bed: Kerala CM asks Adityanath to shift Siddique Kappan to better hospital Eleven Kerala MPs also wrote to Chief Justice NV Ramana asking for an urgent hearing in the matter. 26 Apr, 2021 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has requested the intervention of his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Adityanath in the treatment of jailed journalist Siddique Kappan. Kappan is "facing severe health problems", "diabetes and heart ailments", Vijayan wrote yesterday. "After getting infect...

Kerala journalists stage protest march, demand shifting of Siddique Kappan to AIIMS ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 17:33 IST Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 26 (ANI): Kerala opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala launched a protest march by members of the journalists">Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) on Monday demanding that journalistSiddique Kappan, who was arrested by the UP police and is now infected with COVID-19, be shifted to AIIMS fo...

Telangana to pay Rs 2L to kin of journalists who died of Covid ​ By IANS | ​ 2 Views   Hyderabad, April 26 : The Telangana State Media Academy has decided to provide Rs 2 lakh each as financial assistance to the families of journalists who have died of Covid-19 in the state. Academy chairman Allam Narayana said on Monday that 200 journalists infected by Covid-19 will also be provided assistance. He said the decision was taken in view of the intense second wave of the pandemic. During the...

KC Venugopal writes to UP CM, requests better treatment for journalist Siddique Kappan ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 23:35 IST New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Congress General Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP KC Venugopal on Monday wrote to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath requesting him to provide better medical treatment to journalist Siddique Kappan, who has been in the custody of Uttar Pradesh Police since October last year. "I would like to dr...