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Video Showing Toddler Trying to Wake Up His Dead Mother Goes Viral; Patna HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of the Matter [READ ORDER]

Lawstreet Journal 29 May 2020 10:10pm

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On May 28, 2020, A Division Bench of the Patna High Court headed by Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and comprising Justice S. Kumar has taken suo motu cognizance of the video that had gone viral on social media and is reported in all newspapers where a child was shown trying to wake up his dead mother.

Writing for the Bench, Chief Justice wrote that his brother Judge S. Kumar had drawn his attention to a newspaper article published in the “Times of India” dated May 28, 2020, in Patna edition. This was also brought to the notice of Sri S. D. Yadav, learned Additional Advocate General.

In the video, the toddler was trying to wake up his dead mother lying on a railway platform. The child could be seen removing a shawl covering his mother’s body. This incident had taken place on Monday at Muzaffarpur railway station. The woman was returning from Surat and was supposed to get down at Katihar. Some reports had said that the woman had died of thirst and hunger on the train, but the railways said she was ill.

On this, the Court remarked, “the incident is rather shocking and unfortunate. This warrants intervention by us in the exercise of our jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India and as such we take suo motu cognizance of the news item and issue notice.”

The following issues were framed for immediate consideration:

 (a) whether the post-mortem of the dead body was conducted? If yes, what… Continue Reading...


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