Mumbai’s high court said on Tuesday it will deal with issues not before the High Court while hearing a PIL from the city’s psychiatrist, Dr. Harish Shetty, seeking to implement the Mental Health Act 2017. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Sarang Kotwal then asked Shetty’s advocate, Pranati Mehra, to separate the matters … Read more
Mumbai: A psychiatrist in the city, Dr. Harish Shetty, has taken to the Bombay High Court over the plight of patients who are still in hospitals, even though they are not seriously mentally ill.His PIL urges the implementation of the Mental Health Act, 2017 in Maharashtra, saying it protects the rights of mentally ill people … Read more
NEW DELHI: A PIL in the Supreme Court has sought an urgent rectification of the traditional focus on bravery and physical fitness that largely overlooked the stress-affected mental health of armed police personnel in conflict zones, resulting in an unacceptably high number of suicides and fatal incidents. Two retired CRPF members in their PIL said … Read more
The Supreme Court has decided to examine a critical question of whether a spouse’s refusal to acknowledge alleged mental illness and medical treatment can be grounds for divorce. The matter was raised in the high court after a Kerala woman currently working in the UK challenged the High Court ruling that allowed her husband to … Read more
Updated: February 12, 2022 08:18 Henry Santucci (File photo) The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the detention in a psychiatric hospital in Great Britain of a man who killed a grandfather. David Grant pleaded guilty to the involuntary manslaughter of Henry Santucci in May 2020 on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Acting Puisne Judge Juan Wolffe … Read more