A news report about a gunshot victim being denied treatment by a private hospital prompted the Delhi High Court today to take up the matter for ascertaining if there was a violation of the Supreme Court's order to not deny medical aid in medico-legal cases.
The news article was brought to the attention of a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar by a lawyer who sought directions to hospitals, both private and government-run, to not deny treatment in such cases.
Varun Gosain also sought directions from the court to the police for a speedy probe and proper protection to the eye- witnesses in the case as four out
of the five accused in the incident are still absconding.
According to reports, a 57-year-old dhaba owner and his 26-year-old son were shot dead allegedly by five men after a dispute over a cooler in outer Delhi's Najafgarh area on the night of July 26.
The accused wanted the cooler to be turned towards them but the dhaba owner, Shyam Verma, and his son Mayank did not agree, leading to a fight.
One of the persons in the group of five allegedly pulled out a pistol and shot Mayank in the neck and when his father tried to stop them, he was shot in the head.
While the dhaba owner died on the spot, his son succumbed to injuries later, the report said.
The report also quoted one of the relatives of the victims as saying that Mayank would have survived if the first hospital where he was taken would have admitted him.
The matter will be taken up by the court on August 2.
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