SC asks UP govt to shift Kappan to Delhi for treatment
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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 was hearing the habeas corpus petition filed by Kerala Union of Working Journalists(KUWJ) seeking Kappan s release.
The Court said that he has to be given treatment at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital or AIIMS or any other government hospital in Delhi and after recovery, he has to be sent back to Mathura jail, where he is under custody.
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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
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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 last year on way to Hathras where a young Dalit woman had died after being allegedly gang-raped.
Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) alleged that Mr. 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.
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 produce medical reports tomorrow. If possible, circulate it today, According to Live Law, Supreme Court s three-judge bench, led by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, reported Live Law.
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 Court s 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, Uttar Pradesh government) file a medical report of the accused, in the case, said Justice Ramana, and adjourned the matter. Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh government refused the claim of Kappan s wife that the accused has been chained to a cot.