On Yechury’s plea, Supreme Court allows shifting of CPM leader Tarigami to AIIMS
The Supreme Court has ordered the shifting of ailing CPM leader MY Tarigami to AIIMS in Delhi. Tarigami has been under house arrest in Srinagar.
In Short
- SC orders shifting of Tarigami to AIIMS in Delhi from Srinagar
- CPM’s Sitaram Yechury says he has no objection if Tarigami is shifted to AIIMS
- SC issued notice to Centre over allegations of illegal detention of Tarigami
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered shifting of ailing CPM leader Mohd Yusuf Tarigami to AIIMS in Delhi from Srinagar where he is under house arrest.
The Supreme Court also issued a notice to the Centre asking it to respond to Sitaram Yechury’s allegation that his colleague MY Tarigami was illegally detained in Srinagar without official orders. The centre has been asked to respond within a week. The notice was served in response to an affidavit filed by Sitaram Yechury.
The court directed the government to shift ailing MY Tarigami to AIIMS from Srinagar.
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi says,"keeping in view the fact that CPI(M) leader, Yousuf Tarigami needs better treatment, he shall be shifted to AIIMS, Delhi, from Srinagar for better treatment." https://t.co/geVOYVcMmG ANI (@ANI) September 5, 2019
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it was inclined to shift Tarigami, the former CPI (M) MLA, to AIIMS here. Sitaram Yechury told the bench that he has no objection if Tarigami was shifted to AIIMS for better treatment.
"We want to reserve our right to challenge the detention of former MLA in Habeas Corpus (bring the person) plea," Yechury told the apex court. Tarigami will be allowed to be accompanied by one family member, the SC said.
The Supreme Court had earlier allowed Yechury to visit Jammu and Kashmir to meet his ailing party colleague Tarigami while brushing aside the Centre's claim that it might "endanger the situation" in the state.
It had made it clear that Yechury was allowed to visit Jammu and Kashmir to meet his party colleague only as attention has been drawn to an interim application seeking orders from the court for bringing Tarigami to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, for better medical facilities.
Yechury filed a petition in the apex court seeking production of Tarigami, who has been detained in Jammu and Kashmir since the Centre abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution which accorded a special status to the state.
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