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Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde has a discussion with Solicitor General for India Tushar Mehta on the validity of Section 115 of the Mental Healthcare Act of 2017.
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Section 115 of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 effectively decriminalised attempt to commit suicide under Section 309 of IPC.
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CJI SA Bobde: How can you while legislating the Mental Healthcare Act virtually nullify provisions of IPC?
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#India is among few countries of globe where #Policy, #Act & #Programme related to #mentalhealth exist. Whether are these inter-related or inter-depedent? Or Unrelated & independent with each other? Share your thoughts & experiences @IndianPsychiat1
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1/n National Mental Health Policy of India (October 2014): Vision-Promote mental health, prevent mental illness, enable recovery from mental illness, promote destigmatization and desegregation, and ensure socio-economic inclusion of persons affected by mental illness.@NHPINDIA
2/n National Mental Health Policy of India (Oct 2014): Goals-To reduce distress, disability, exclusion morbidity and premature mortality associated with mental health problems;To enhance understanding of mental health; To strengthen leadership in mental health sector @NHPINDIA
