"Fundamental right to life unconditionally embraces even an undertrial:" Why Supreme Court ordered shifting Siddique Kappan to Delhi hospital

Merely because the other jail inmates are receiving treatment similar to the arrestee need not deter us from shifting Kappan to Delhi hospital, the Court said.
CJI NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant, Justice AS Bopanna
CJI NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant, Justice AS Bopanna

Fundamental right to life is available equally to undertrial prisoners, the Supreme Court emphasised on Wednesday while ordering that Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan be shifted to Delhi hospital from Uttar Pradesh jail for medical treatment (Kerala Union of Working Journalists v. Union of India).

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