Karnataka High Court directs salary of Principal Secy. of Health Dept. be withheld if MRI machine not installed at DIMHANS; order in abeyance

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed that the salary of the Principal Secretary in the Health and Family Welfare (Medical Education) Department of the State be withheld until an MRI machine is installed and made operational at the Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (DIMHANS) [Karnataka State Legal Services Authority v. State of Karnataka].

The Court, however, put the order in abeyance until the next date of hearing upon the request of Additional Government Advocate Dhyan Chinnappa.