AIIMS Directed To Examine Health Condition Of Jailed NewsClick Founder

The Supreme Court directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Tuesday to set up a medical board to examine the health condition of Prabir Purkayastha, the founder of news portal NewsClick who is currently lodged in Tihar Jail in a case registered against him under the anti-terror law.

A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta asked the AIIMS director to constitute the board and submit a report to it in two weeks. Taking into consideration all this, it will be appropriate that the medical condition is examined by a board appointed by the AIIMS director.

The board shall also consider the jail records and complete medical history of the petitioner, it said. The direction came after senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing in the court on behalf of Purkayastha, submitted that the report filed by the prison authorities about his client's medical condition was not correct.