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Justice BR Gavai led bench of the #SupremeCourt to hear a plea challenging Rajasthan High Court’s order dismissing the plea of self-styled godman and life convict Asaram Bapu seeking temporary suspension of sentences to pursue medical treatment
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Lawyer requests for a passover since Senior Adv Siddharth Luthra is appearing in another court

Passed over

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Justice Gavai: you were before the Calcutta High Court?

Luthra: i had quite a tour of the country in last four months. I hope Calcutta hearing is over next week, but today was not Calcutta High Court

Justice Gavai: are you in Mussoorie?

Senior Advocate Luthra stands and up shows his screen the other side which has the mountains: I am back in the hills now.
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Luthra: I am only here for interim bail. He is a 83-year-old person, and is convicted for life imprisonment. His bai is pending in Gujarat too. There is a report from AIIMS dated May 19, 2021. He was admitted in MGH Hospital Jodhpur
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Luthra: his CT scan was done and it was 8 out of 25 CT severity Score which shows grave damage to his lungs at his age.

Justice Gavai: this is one month back

Luthra: we have got additional documents yesterday

Luthra reads from May 19 AIIMS report which shows he was given multiple blood transfusions to increase his hemoglobin level. It was due to gastrointestinal bleeding.

Justice Gavai: You say you want an Ayurvedic treatment?

Luthra: we want Ayurvedic preferably but it will be holistic treatment. AIIMS is a problem

Justice Gavai: but you are being treated at AIIMS

Luthra: This man has had bleeding, has been put on blood thinners and has been put on oxygen. We need two months time to recuperate. At 80 plus his weight loss is drastic too

Justice Gavai: we don't possess expertise in the medical field. You have to show it is deliberate etc

Luthra: at his age he has multiple medical complications any medicine will have have some side effects

Luthra: He wants to be treated at Prakash Deep Institute of Ayurved, Raiwala, Uttarakhand

SC: We issue notice, returnable by one week. Returnable next Tuesday.

"We have no medical expertise:" Supreme Court issues notice on plea by Asaram Bapu seeking interim bail for medical treatment at Ayurveda centre

report by @DebayonRoy

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