Allow Prabha’s mom to visit India - HC to govt
July 8, 2010 07:31 am
The
A division bench comprising Justice Elipe Dharma Rao and Justice KK Sasidharan
passed the order on a petition filed by advocate R Karuppan, who contended that
Parvathi Ammal was illegally denied entry into India a couple of months ago and
was forced to return to Malaysia in the same flight even though she possessed a
valid medical visa issued by the Indian high commission in Malaysia.
The government, which granted conditional permission for Parvathi Ammal, later
relaxed the conditions for her stay and treatment in Tamil Nadu. However, even
before the order could be served on her, she had been flown to
When the matter came up before the bench a couple of weeks ago, the judges
asked the Centre to personally ascertain the views of Parvathi on her intention
to visit
On Wednesday, recording the statement, the judges said: “‘Whenever a
representative of Parvathi Ammal intimates the Indian high commission at
As for Karuppan’s other submissions such as compensation and treatment package,
the judge said they could be decided in “‘appropriate proceedings.”‘
TOI