Supreme Court of India

In Re: Dea Th of 25 Chained Inmates in Asylum Fire in Tamil Nadu v..

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Reported as [2002] 1 S.C.R. 839
Bench M.B. Shah, B.N. Agra Wal and Arijitpasayat JJ.
Decided 5 February 2002

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Mental Health Act, 1987: Ss. 2(1), 2(q) 3,4, and 5-Mentally ill persons-Treatment and care­ Fire in a mental asylum-25 mentally ill persons housed in the said mental ... asylum and chained to poles/beds charred to death-Suo motu action by Supreme Court-It was noticed that provisions of the Act were not being implemented by authorities concerned-Also failure on part of the Central/ State Governments/Union Territories to implement the Act and other laws­ Directiom given by Supreme Court to State Governments/Union Territories, inter nlia, to undertake district wise survey of

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