Ashwini Kumar

The Supreme Court has to...

The Court has directed to list the matter next week along with record of Writ Petition (Civil) No. 598 of 2019. Justice A.S. Bopanna and Justice V. Ramasubramanian were also part of the bench who passed the order.

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing in a plea filed by former law minister Ashwani Kumar seeking directions against custodial torture.

In his letter petition, he stated that the daily mounting deaths in hospitals is a painful reality as is the piling up of dead bodies in mortuaries, the need for an enforceable and strictly observed protocol for dealing with dead bodies consistent with the dignity of the dead is an absolute imperative.

The Supreme Court on Apri...