J U D G M E N T Dated this the 7^th day of October, 2025 Nitin Jamdar, C. J.

On 17 February 2024, a tragic road accident took place at Chorode in Kozhikode District, when a 9-year-old girl who was travelling by road on the National Highway along with her grandmother was hit by a car being driven in a rash and negligent manner. The grandmother succumbed to the injuries, and the minor child sustained severe traumatic brain injury. She was immediately taken to the hospital, where she was admitted to the Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and placed on mechanical ventilator support. The girl child underwent neurosurgery for a head injury and was in a coma thereafter. At the request of the learned Judge of the Court, this petition was taken up suo motu.

2. The Secretary of the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KeLSA) submitted reports dated 27 August 2024 from the Secretary, Taluk Legal Services Committee, Vatakara; 29 August 2024 from the Member of Victim Rights Centre; 30 August 2024 from the Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Kozhikode; and 31 August 2024 from the District Police Chief, Kozhikode Rural, which form the basis of the present suo motu petition.

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