The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Centre and the Delhi government to ensure that the health and medical condition of activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar since June 28, is monitored daily, Bar and Bench reported.
The court added that any medical intervention required to improve his health should be undertaken by the government.
Wangchuk’s fast is part of a protest by the political campaign Cockroach Janta Party to demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan after alleged mismanagement in conducting competitive exams.
On Thursday, the court said that “life of any citizen is previous and all efforts ought to be made by government authorities to save the same”, Live Law reported.
The court also took note of the Centre’s submission that Wangchuk’s health was already being monitored by government doctors. It went on to dispose of a petition seeking intervention to break the activist’s fast.
The petition, filed by lawyer and activist Rakesh Kumar Saini, stated that Wangchuk’s health had deteriorated rapidly and that he had lost 8.5 kg during the demonstration. If the hunger strike continued, he could lose his life within two days, it added.
Saini had sought directions to the Centre and the Delhi government for taking Wangchuk to a hospital and force-feeding him.
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