Every Person With Mental Illness Shall Have A Right To Live With Dignity: SC [Read Judgment]
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27 May 2019 5:16 PM IST
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The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered last month, noted that under the Mental Health Care Act, 2017, there is a statutory right for mentally ill persons to live with dignity The bench comprising Justice NV Ramana, Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Justice Indira Banerjee observed that Section 20 (1) of the Mental Health Care Act explicitly provides that 'every person with...
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