The Patna High Court has said that it appears that people’s mental health and treatment are the “lowest priority” of the Bihar government, and ordered the chief clerk to take all measures to ensure the establishment of the State Authority of Mental health. A bench in the division, made up of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol … Read more
PATNA: Expressing shock and disgust at the lack of a mental health authority in Bihar despite such provisions in the Mental Health Care Act 2017, and the increasing need for mental health services in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic 19, the Patna High Court has instructed the chief state secretary to immediately take all … Read more
The Patna High Court has directed the Chief Secretary, Government of Biharto immediately take all necessary measures to ensure the establishment of the State Mental Health Authority as stipulated under Section 45 of the Mental Health Care Act, 2017. In a strongly worded order, the Bank of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S. Kumar … Read more