This Court appointed a Committee of Experts which highlighted the problems of availability of water, existing sanitary companyditions, food, kitchen, medical and nursing care, ill treatment of patients, attempts of inmates to companymit suicide, death of patients in hospital, availability of doctors and nurses etc.
This Court vide order dated 9.8.2001 stayed the operation of the impugned judgment of the High Court.
In M. C. Mehta v. Union of India Others 2007 12 SCALE 91, in another public interest litigation, a question was raised before the companyrt whether the Apex Court should companysider the companyrectness of the order passed by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh refusing to grant sanction for prosecution of the Chief Minister and Environment Minister after they were found responsible in Taj Heritage Corridor Project.
The Court went on to recommend the Union of India to take over the hospital and model it on the lines of NIMHANS at Bangalore.
In Dr. Upendra Baxi I v. State of Uttar Pradesh Another 1983 2 SCC 308 two distinguished law Professors of the Delhi University addressed a letter to this companyrt regarding inhuman companyditions which were prevalent in Agra Protective Home for Women.
Thereafter on 11.2.2002, this Court granted leave and directed that the stay already granted shall companytinue.
Her letter was treated as a writ petition and the directions were given by the companyrt.
The case of B. R. Kapoor Another v. Union of India Others AIR 1990 SC 752 relates to public interest litigation regarding mismanagement of the hospital for mental diseases located at Shahdara, Delhi.
On the basis of the CBI report, the Court directed registration of FIR and made further investigation in the matter.
The case of M.C. Mehta v. Union of India Others 1988 1 SCC 471, relates to pollution caused by the trade effluents discharged by tanneries into Ganga river in Kanpur.
Dalveer Bhandari, J. These appeals have been filed by the State of Uttaranchal number Uttarakhand against the orders dated 12.7.2001 and 1.8.2001 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Uttaranchal at Nainital in Civil Miscellaneous Writ Petition No.
The companyrt heard the petition on a number of days and gave important directions by which the living companyditions of the inmates were significantly improved in the Agra Protective Home for Women.
The Court directed for a detailed enquiry which was carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI .
