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2009 Supreme(All) 932

SUNIL AMBWANI, DILIP GUPTA
RAMJI SINGH @ MUJEEB BHAI – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF U. P. – Respondent


JUDGMENT

By the Court.—By this writ petition the petitioner has drawn attention of the Court to the appalling conditions in the mortuary established by the State Government in Swarup Rani Nehru Hospital (SRN Hospital) attached to the Moti Lal Nehru Medical College at Allahabad. In para 15 of the writ petition it was stated that at present there are 11590 jars with viscera in connection with 5795 criminal cases beginning from 1973 to 2003 lying in the mortuary in the year 2004, causing foul smell in the area. The eight air conditioners installed in the mortuary are in the state of disrepair. There are no exhaust fans in the mortuary house and that underground drains for left out waste is blocked causing pollution and unbearable smell in the area. The windows and the roofs are in broken condition and no ice is provided during failure of electricity causing further deterioration of the bodies, which are not claimed. The Government sanctions an amount of only Rs. 500/- for disposal of the unclaimed dead bodies. It is not possible to arrange for transportation and for hygienic and safe disposal of the unclaimed bodies resulting into their disposal in the rivers and which adds to water po









































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