{"id":230964,"date":"2020-06-16T18:45:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T13:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=230964"},"modified":"2020-06-26T13:25:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T07:55:49","slug":"telangana-hc-fundamental-rights-of-elderly-inmates-residing-at-old-age-homes-being-violated-both-by-managers-and-state-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/16\/telangana-hc-fundamental-rights-of-elderly-inmates-residing-at-old-age-homes-being-violated-both-by-managers-and-state-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Telangana HC | Fundamental Rights of elderly inmates residing at old age homes, being violated both by Managers and State Govt."},"content":{"rendered":"

Telangana High Court:\u00a0<\/strong>A Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ and B. Vijaysen Reddy, J. while addressing a matter with regard to old age homes, held that,<\/p>\n

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“Fundamental Rights of the elderly inmates are being violated, both by the Managers, who are supposed to run the Homes, and certainly by the State Government, who is legally bound to look after the rights of the elderly population.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Member Secretary, Telangana State Legal Services Authority had submitted a report on the functioning of an Old Age Home.<\/p>\n

Taking note of the same along with report of inspection conducted by Member Secretary and Secretary, DLSA with regard to old age homes <\/span>managed either by the Non Government Organisations (NGOs), or by the Government, Court appointed Counsel Vasudha Nagaraj as an amicus curiae<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amicus Curiae was directed to inspect the functioning of old age homes in the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, for which the report has been submitted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Amicus Curiae, Vasudha Nagaraj informed the Court that there is no segregation on the basis of gender. In one of the Homes visited by her, she was horrified to notice that elderly lady, who was bed stricken, was sleeping in the same room, where there were two active elderly men.<\/p>\n

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Physical safety of the women is a grave concern.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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No helpline or Hotline number available for the inmate to be in touch with the outside world.<\/p>\n

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The inmates are hapless and helpless elderly persons, who have been abandoned by their family, and are being ignored by the State.<\/p>\n

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Fundamental Rights of the elderly inmates are being violated, both by the Managers, who are supposed to run the Homes, and certainly by the State Government, who is legally bound to register, to maintain, to inspect, to fund, and to look after the rights of the elderly population.<\/p>\n

Thus, in view of the above, Court directed Advocate General and Government Pleader to file a report on behalf of the Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department and <\/span>Principal Secretary, Women and Child Welfare on the following issues:<\/span><\/p>\n

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