JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of mandamus to direct the second respondent to transfer the petitioner's husband, by name, P.Nagendran S/o. Ponnusamyu, aged about 54 years, serving as life convict No.1236 from the third respondent to the fourth respondent to enable him to take complete treatment of liver transplantation.)

S. Vaidyanathan, J. & A.D. Jagadish Chandira, J.

1. The present writ petition has been filed by the wife seeking transfer of her husband P.Nagendran S/o. Ponnusamy, aged about 54 years, who is of the life convict, from Central Prison, Vellore to Central Prison-I, Puzhal so as to enable him to take treatment for his liver transplantation.

2. The case of the petitioner is that her husband is a life convict (No.1236) who was originally convicted and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for 10 years by the V Additional Sessions Court, Chennai, in S.C. No.316/1998 dated 14.07.1999 for the offences under Section 302 r/w. 34 IPC.

3. It is the further case of the petitioner that her husband is suffering from various ailments including liver disease and as per the advise of Doctor, liver transplant to the conv