Supreme Court asks Centre to frame guidelines for rehabilitation of mentally ill

Supreme Court asks Centre to frame guidelines for rehabilitation(पुनर्वास)  of mentally ill The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to frame guidelines for rehabilitation of persons who have been cured (ठीक हो) of their mental illness, observing that the issue was “very sensitive”.  A bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar observed that after mentally ill persons are cured, not even

their family members are willing (इच्छुक) to take them back home.  “It is a very, very sensitive issue. You (Centre) should apply your mind. When a person goes to a mental asylum and after treatment he is cured, no body is willing to take him back to home. You (Centre) should think over it,” the bench, also comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and S K Kaul, said.

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The apex court told Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, representing the Centre, that the government “cannot allow a person to be kept” in a mental asylum(अस्पताल) or a nursing home after he or she is fully cured of the ailment(रोग).

“They have to be brought back to civil society. You will have to frame a policy,” the bench said.

“It is very easily achievable. You give us a model scheme. We will then put it to the state governments and ask them. Give us a scheme,” the court told the Centre.

The Solicitor General, however, told the bench that they needed some time as two ministries -- Ministry of Health and Ministry of Social Justice -- were involved in this process.

The apex court gave eight weeks time to the Centre for this.

“The proposal made to the Centre by this court has been tentatively accepted and the Union of India will frame guidelines/scheme for rehabilitation of mentally sick persons, who are in a mental asylum or a nursing home, and have been fully cured after treatment,” the bench said.

willing

इच्छुक

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