Inappropriate For A Doctor To Request Jail Authorities To Allow Inmate To Be With His Ailing Mother: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that it is inappropriate for a medical officer to recommend that jail authorities allow an inmate to visit his ailing mother.Justice Sanjay Vashisth said, "Petitioner himself has appended his mother's medical certificate dated 09.07.2025 issued by one Dr. Vikram Bhatia, and it is quite surprising that even the treating doctor himself has requested...