Justices V Ramasubramanian and V M Velumani of the Madurai Bench of the Court also directed the Nodal Officer of the Central Government's Mental Health Department to visit the home, run by Akshaya Trust of award-winning social worker Naryanan Krishnan, examine the inamtes who were mentally challenged or retarded and suggest ways of treatment to them.
The Registrar today submitted in his report that 531 inmates were staying in the home according to the document provided by its authorities.
It was found in most of the cases the inmates were brought to the home forcibly and without their consent.
The report said that 247 inmates wanted to go out of the home and of this 25 were certified to travel with support.
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The Advocate Commissioner in his report said that inmates told him they were detained in the home by founder Krishnan against their wishes and suggested his prosecution for illegal detention.
The court has also directed ADSP Shyamala Devi to probe into the death of 22 inmates of the home in the last 14 months. It took a serious view of the deaths of inmates in the home.
On June 5, a 21-year-old woman ran away from the home and was later rescued by residents of nearby Kodimangalam village. She told them that employees at the home used to allegedly sexually abuse her and many other inmates, following which the AIDWA filed the PIL.