'Navlakha has colon cancer'; SC orders shifting from Jail to Hospital
Underlining that receiving medical treatment is a fundamental right, a bench of Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy also allowed Navlakha's partner Sahba Husain and sister to meet him in the hospital.
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The SC on Thursday directed the Taloja jail superintendent to immediately shift Gautam Navlakha, incarcerated in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case, to Mumbai's Jaslok hospital for treatment, after the activist's counsel said he has colon cancer.
Underlining that receiving medical treatment is a fundamental right, a bench of Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy also allowed Navlakha's partner Sahba Husain and sister to meet him in the hospital.
Underlining that receiving medical treatment is a fundamental right, a bench of Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy also allowed Navlakha's partner Sahba Husain and sister to meet him in the hospital.
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